The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism (2006)
Sachs, Aaron (Author)
Viking
Physical Details: xii + 496 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description Argues that Humboldt had significant impact on American science and views of nature (including literary ones); focuses on four American explorer-naturalists: J. N. Reynolds, Clarence King, George Wallace Melville, and John Muir.
Review Conway, Erik M. (2008) Review of "The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism". Journal of the History of Biology (p. 398).
Review Newman, Lance (2007) Review of "The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism". American Historical Review (p. 1141).
Review Benson, Keith R. (2007) Review of "The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism". Journal of American History (p. 300).
Review Evans, Sterling (2008) Review of "The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism". Environmental History (p. 176).
Review Stewart, Mart A. (2008) Review of "The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 859).
Essay Review Dunlap, Thomas R. (2007) Is Half a Humboldt Better Than None? Numbers and Wisdom in Natural History. Reviews in American History (pp. 225-231).
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