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

Sachs, Aaron

ISBN 10: 0670037753 / ISBN 13: 9780670037759

Published by Viking, New York, 2006

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8vo, 496 pp.

Seller Inventory # 100789

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism
• Publisher: Viking, New York
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670037753
• ISBN 13: 9780670037759
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Natural History

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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