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

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Una storia intellettuale dei contributi dell'esploratore del XIX secolo alla cultura e alla scienza americana cerca di ripristinarlo dall'oscurità e rivela il suo ruolo fondamentale nelle carriere di J. N. Reynolds, Clarence King, George Wallace Melville e John Muir. 25.000 la prima stampa.

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