The passage to Cosmos [electronic resource] : Alexander von Humboldt and the shaping of America / Laura Dassow Walls.
2009
Q143.H9 D388 2009eb
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The passage to Cosmos [electronic resource] : Alexander von Humboldt and the shaping of America / Laura Dassow Walls.
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9780226871844 (electronic bk.)
9780226871820 (alk. paper)
9780226871820 (alk. paper)
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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English
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1 online resource (xv, 404 p.) : ill.
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Q143.H9 D388 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue: Humboldt's bridge
Confluences
Passage to America, 1799-1804
Manifest destinies
Interchapter: Finally shall come the poet
"All are alike designed for freedom": Humboldt on race and slavery
The community of Cosmos
The face of planet America
Epilogue: recalling Cosmos.
Confluences
Passage to America, 1799-1804
Manifest destinies
Interchapter: Finally shall come the poet
"All are alike designed for freedom": Humboldt on race and slavery
The community of Cosmos
The face of planet America
Epilogue: recalling Cosmos.