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

1. publ.

Englisch

New York [u.a.] : Viking Penguin, 2006

XII, 496 S. : Ill., Kt. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-472) and index

978-0-670-03775-9

0-670-03775-3

*Humboldt, Alexander von *1769-1859* / USA / Forschungsreisender / Wissenschaftler / Naturschutz / Geschichte 1800-1900

*Humboldt, Alexander von -- 1769-1859 ; Scientists -- Germany -- Biography ; Scientific expeditions -- History -- 19th century ; Environmentalism -- History ; Humboldt, Alexander von ; Scientists -- Germany -- Biography ; Scientific expeditions -- History -- 19th century ; Environmentalism -- History

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: Q143.H9 ; Q143.H9S24 2006

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 508.092;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation:

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

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0701/2005057468.html [Table of contents only]

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2005057468-b.html [Contributor biographical information]

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2005057468-d.html [Publisher description]

http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f2l3-aa [Book review (H-Net)]

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Derzeitiger Standort: Ethnologisches Museum

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