A masterly intellectual history of the impact of 19th-century explorer Alexander von Humboldt  on American culture and science  The naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) achieved unparalleled fame in  his own time. Today, his enormous legacy to American thought is virtually unknown. In The  Humboldt Current, Aaron Sachs seeks to reverse this obscurity by tracing Humboldt’s  pervasive influence on American history, specifically looking at the lives and careers of four  explorers: J. N. Reynolds, the founder of the 1838–1842 U.S. Exploring Expedition; Clarence King, the first director of the U.S. Geological Survey; George Wallace Melville, chief  engineer on the disastrous 1879 Jeannette expedition to the North Pole; and John Muir,  founder of the Sierra Club. In Sachs’s view, all four of these men were alienated Romantics who  used Humboldt’s notion of "unity in diversity" as a way of critiquing their increasingly industrialized  society. Moreover, as Sachs argues, their examples laid the groundwork for an ecological  tradition even more radical than the one that has come down to us today. Sachs’s treatment of  Humboldt’s legacy also includes discussions of the writers and artists most in his debt: Emerson,  Whitman, Thoreau, Melville, Poe, and Frederic Church. Reminiscent of Louis Menand’s  bestselling The Metaphysical Club, The Humboldt Current is a colorful, superbly written  and carefully researched work that offers a fundamental reinterpretation of nineteenth century  American history.

Humboldt Current C

Biographies & Memoirs

Sachs

Historical

Academic

The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law NiP

Community & Culture

Oxford University Press

After getting to know each other during a bus ride, Judy and Ernie slowly began sharing their problems and soon realize that the solutions lay in each other

Bus Ride: 2 (Skinny Book)

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Dutton Juvenile

<p>Mathematics, Natural and Applied Sciences</p>

Merrill Pre-Calculus Mathematics

Science & Math

CROSSWHITE

Hawkinson

Mathematics

Merrill Pub. Co

Psychology of Running

Sports & Outdoors

Human Kinetics

Deutsche Handelskorrespondenz - Neubearbeitung (German Edition)

Reference

Language Study & Reference

Max Hueber Verlag GmbH & Co. KG

Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung Und Statistik

MICHAEL

Hanser Fachbuchverlag

Tibetan medicine was probably the first truly integrated system of ancient healing science. Tibetan Ayurveda provides a comprehensive guide to the four levels of traditional Tibetan medicine with a wealth of traditional health practices and teachings.  Much of the contemporary material on Tibetan medicine focuses solely on herbal medicine and acupuncture; Tibetan Ayurveda goes beyond these to look at other important forms of treatment such as Pancha Karma for detoxification and rejuvenation and Kum Nye for integrating mind and body. Using the source text of the Gyud-Zhi, The Ambrosial Heart Tantra, Robert Sachs looks at the powerful regenerative therapies that underpin this ancient healing science. He provides clear explanations of their principles and methods and supplies guidelines on nutrition, exercise, relaxation, rejuvenation, detoxification, as well as on meditation and other spiritual practices. A self-profile test is included to allow readers to determine their own health needs and embark on the path toward realizing their full potential for health and well-being.

Tibetan Ayurveda: Secrets From the Roof of the World

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Robert"

Alternative Medicine

New Age Publications

Este texto de macroeconomía intermedia se caracteriza por abordar la disciplina con un enfoque de economía abierta.

Macroeconomía en la Economía Global (Spanish Edition)

Prentice-Hall a Pearson Education Company

Terrorism Emergency Response: A Workbook For Responders

Gordon, M.

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