The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism

Sachs, Aaron

ISBN 10: 0670037753 ISBN 13: 9780670037759

Published by Viking, 2006

Language: English

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Title

The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism

Publisher

Viking

Publication Date

2006

Language

English

ISBN 10

0670037753

ISBN 13

9780670037759

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First Edition.

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Very Good+

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Near Fine

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An intellectual history of the contributions of the nineteenth-century explorer to American culture and science seeks to restore him from obscurity and reveals his pivotal role in the careers of J. N. Reynolds, Clarence King, George Wallace Melville, and John Muir. 25,000 first printing.

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Aaron Sachs is a professor of history and American studies at Cornell University and an award- winning environmental journalist. This is his first book.

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