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

Name: Humboldt Current Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism
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ISBN: 9780143111924

ISBN-10: 0143111922

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Authors: Aaron Sachs

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A masterly and beautifully written account of the impact of Alexander von Humboldt on nineteenth-century American history and culture The naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (17691859) 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 Humboldts pervasive influence on American history through examining the work of four explorersJ. N. Reynolds, Clarence King, George Wallace, and John Muirwho embraced Humboldts idea of a chain of connection uniting all peoples and all environments. A skillful blend of narrative and interpretation that also discusses…

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List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/31/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Aaron Sachsis a professor of history and American studies at Cornell University and an award-winning environmental journalist. The Humboldt Currentis his first book.



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Prologue: Humboldt in America: 1804-2004



"The Chain of Connection"


Excursion-Exile: Napoleon's France





East: Humboldt and the Influence of Europe



Personal Narrative of a Journey: Radical Romanticism



Cosmos: Unification Ecology


Excursion-Eureka: The Death of Edgar Allan Poe





South: J. N. Reynolds and the "More Comprehensive Promise" of the Antarctic



"Rough Notes of Rough Adventures": Exploration for Exploration's Sake



"Mocha-Dick": The Value of Mental Expansion


Excursion-Watersheds: 1859-1862





West: Clarence King's Experience of the Frontier



Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada: The Art of Self-Exposure



"Catastrophism and the Evolution of Environment": A Science of Humility


Excursion-Yreka: Just North of Mount Shasta





North: George Wallace Melville and John Muir in Extremis



In the Lena Delta: Arctic Tragedy and American Imperialism



The Cruise of the Corwin: Nature, Natives, Nation


Excursion-Home: The Harriman Expedition



The Grounding of American Environmentalism


Epilogue: Humboldt on Chimborazo


Acknowledgments


Chronology


Notes


Bibliography


Image Credits


Index