Aaron Sachs: The Humboldt Current
The Humboldt Current
Buch
- Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism
- Penguin Random House LLC, 08/2007
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780143111924
- Bestellnummer: 5143837
- Umfang: 512 Seiten
- Gewicht: 467 g
- Maße: 212 x 141 mm
- Stärke: 28 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 1.8.2007
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
A masterly and beautifully written account of the impact of Alexander von Humboldt on nineteenth-century American history and cultureThe naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) achieved unparalleled fame in his own time. Today, however, he and his enormous legacy to American thought are virtually unknown. In The Humboldt Current, Aaron Sachs traces Humboldt's pervasive influence on American history through examining the work of four explorers-J. N. Reynolds, Clarence King, George Wallace, and John Muir-who embraced Humboldt's idea of a "chain of connection" uniting all peoples and all environments. A skillful blend of narrative and interpretation that also discusses Humboldt's influence on Emerson, Whitman, Thoreau, Melville, and Poe, The Humboldt Current offers a colorful, passionate, and superbly written reinterpretation of nineteenth-century American history.
Aaron Sachs
The Humboldt Current
EUR 27,11*