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

Sachs, Aaron

ISBN 10: 0670037753 / ISBN 13: 9780670037759

Published by Viking Adult (edition ), 2006

About this Item

With dust jacket. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Seller Inventory # 0670037753-11-1-29

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism
• Publisher: Viking Adult (edition )
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670037753
• ISBN 13: 9780670037759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

An intellectual history of the contributions of the nineteenth-century explorer to American culture and science seeks to restore him from obscurity and reveals his pivotal role in the careers of J. N. Reynolds, Clarence King, George Wallace Melville, and John Muir. 25,000 first printing.

About the Author

Aaron Sachs is a professor of history and American studies at Cornell University and an award- winning environmental journalist. This is his first book.