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The Humboldt current : nineteenth-century exploration and the roots of American environmentalism

Title
The Humboldt current : nineteenth-century exploration and the roots of American environmentalism / Aaron Sachs.
Author
Sachs, Aaron (Aaron Jacob)
Publication
New York : Viking, 2006.

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Description
xii, 496 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
  • Scientists > Germany > Biography
  • Scientific expeditions > History > 19th century
  • Environmentalism > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-472) and index.
Contents
East : Humboldt and the influence of Europe -- South : J.N. Reynolds and the "more comprehensive promise" of the Antarctic -- West : Clarence King's experience of the frontier -- North : George Wallace Melville and John Muir in extremis.
Call Number
JFE 06-11500
ISBN
0670037753
LCCN
  • 2005057468
  • 9780670037759
OCLC
62325168
Author
Sachs, Aaron (Aaron Jacob)
Title
The Humboldt current : nineteenth-century exploration and the roots of American environmentalism / Aaron Sachs.
Imprint
New York : Viking, 2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-472) and index.
Other Standard Identifier
9780670037759
Research Call Number
JFE 06-11500
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