ISBN:
0226871827
,
9780226871820
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 404 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
23 cm
DDC:
508.092
Keywords:
Humboldt, Alexander von Influence
;
Humboldt, Alexander von
;
Humboldt, Alexander von Political and social views
;
Science History 19th century
;
United States Intellectual life 19th century
;
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
;
Influence
;
United States
;
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
;
Kosmos
;
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
;
Political and social views
;
Science
;
History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Intellectual life
;
19th century
;
Humboldt, Alexander von 1769-1859 Kosmos
;
Entstehung
Abstract:
Prologue: Humboldt's bridge -- Confluences -- Humboldt's America -- Humboldt's Europe -- A new earth and a new heaven -- Passage to America, 1799-1804 -- Portals and passages -- The Casiquiare crossing -- High peaks and hanging valleys -- Manifest destinies -- Humboldt's visit to the United States, 1804 -- The Humboldt network -- The many faces of Humboldtian science -- By land and by sea -- Interchapter: finally shall come the poet -- "All are alike designed for freedom": Humboldt on race and slavery -- (De)constructing race -- (Re)constructing race -- Humboldt and American slavery -- The community of cosmos -- Franz Boas, cosmographer -- Introducing Humboldt's cosmos -- Behold the earth -- The face of planet America -- The apocalypse of mind: Emerson and Poe -- The face of nature: Thoreau, Church, and Whitman -- Dwelling: Susan Cooper, Muir, Marsh -- Epilogue: recalling cosmos
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue: Humboldt's bridge -- Confluences -- Humboldt's America -- Humboldt's Europe -- A new earth and a new heaven -- Passage to America, 1799-1804 -- Portals and passages -- The Casiquiare crossing -- High peaks and hanging valleys -- Manifest destinies -- Humboldt's visit to the United States, 1804 -- The Humboldt network -- The many faces of Humboldtian science -- By land and by sea -- Interchapter: finally shall come the poet -- "All are alike designed for freedom": Humboldt on race and slavery -- (De)constructing race -- (Re)constructing race -- Humboldt and American slavery -- The community of cosmos -- Franz Boas, cosmographer -- Introducing Humboldt's cosmos -- Behold the earth -- The face of planet America -- The apocalypse of mind: Emerson and Poe -- The face of nature: Thoreau, Church, and Whitman -- Dwelling: Susan Cooper, Muir, Marsh -- Epilogue: recalling cosmos.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
