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10 produkter
The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism
Av Aaron Sachs
Häftad, 2007
345 kr
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The Humboldt Current
A European explorer and his American disciples
Av Aaron Sachs
Inbunden, 2007
913 kr
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While everyone has heard of the 'Humboldt Current', few know anything of the man after whom it was named. Yet Alexander von Humboldt was a towering figure of his time - scientist, explorer, and polymath, imbued with Enlightenment ideas - and he left a profound impact on the intellectual life of …
Arcadian America
The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition
Av Aaron Sachs
Häftad, 2014
770 kr
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How a forgotten environmental tradition of the pre-Civil War era may prove powerfully useful to us nowPerhaps America's best environmental idea was not the national park but the garden cemetery, a use of space that quickly gained popularity in the mid-nineteenth century. Such spaces of repose …
Up from the Depths
Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times
Av Aaron Sachs
Inbunden, 2022
413 kr
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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in BiographyA double portrait of two of America’s most influential writers that reveals the surprising connections between them—and their uncanny relevance to our age of crisisUp from the Depths tells the interconnected stories of two of the most …
Up from the Depths
Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times
Av Aaron Sachs
E-bok, 2022
333 kr
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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography A double portrait of two of America’s most influential writers that reveals the surprising connections between them—and their uncanny relevance to our age of crisis Up from the Depths tells the interconnected stories of two of the …
Up from the Depths
Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times
Av Aaron Sachs
Häftad, 2024
251 kr
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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in BiographyA double portrait of two of America’s most influential writers that reveals the surprising connections between them—and their uncanny relevance to our age of crisisUp from the Depths tells the interconnected stories of two of the most …
Earth Is Ours, Not Mine
A History of Environmental Justice
Av Aaron Sachs
Inbunden, 2027
377 kr
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Tracing the roots of environmental justice through five centuriesIn The Earth Is Ours, Not Mine, Aaron Sachs shows that the idea of environmental justice goes back not decades but centuries—that it originated not in late twentieth-century campaigns against disproportionate environmental harm, but …
Humboldt Current
Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism
Av Aaron Sachs
E-bok, 2007
147 kr
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A masterly and beautifully written account of the impact of Alexander von Humboldt on nineteenth-century American history and culture The naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769?1859) achieved unparalleled fame in his own time. Today, however, he and his enormous legacy to American …
Stay Cool
Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change
Av Aaron Sachs
Inbunden, 2023
283 kr
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How gallows humor can bolster us to confront global warmingWe've all seen the headlines: oceans rising, historic heat waves, mass extinctions, climate refugees. It feels overwhelming, like nothing can make a difference in combating this ongoing global catastrophe. How can we mobilize to save the …
Stay Cool
Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change
Av Aaron Sachs
Häftad, 2025
166 kr
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How gallows humor can bolster us to confront global warmingWe've all seen the headlines: oceans rising, historic heat waves, mass extinctions, climate refugees. It feels overwhelming, like nothing can make a difference in combating this ongoing global catastrophe. How can we mobilize to save the …
