000433209 000__ 03716cam\a2200457Ia\4500 000433209 001__ 433209 000433209 005__ 20210513151622.0 000433209 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000433209 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000433209 008__ 120109s2011\\\\ilu\\\\\o\\\\\001\0\eng\d 000433209 010__ $$z 2010015028 000433209 019__ $$a726829540 000433209 020__ $$a9780226465685 (electronic bk.) 000433209 020__ $$z0226465675 000433209 020__ $$z9780226465678 000433209 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn717581380 000433209 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10464691 000433209 035__ $$a433209 000433209 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000433209 05014 $$aF1763$$b.H913 2011eb 000433209 08204 $$a972.91/05$$222 000433209 1001_ $$aHumboldt, Alexander von,$$d1769-1859. 000433209 24010 $$aEssai politique sur l'ile de Cuba.$$lEnglish 000433209 24510 $$aPolitical essay on the island of Cuba$$h[electronic resource] :$$ba critical edition /$$cAlexander von Humboldt ; edited with an introduction by Vera M. Kutzinski and Ottmar Ette ; translated by J. Bradford Anderson, Vera M. Kutzinski, and Anja Becker ; with annotations by Tobias Kraft, Anja Becker, and Giorleny D. Altamirano Rayo. 000433209 260__ $$aChicago ;$$aLondon :$$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$$c2011. 000433209 300__ $$a1 online resource (xxvi, 519 p.) :$$bill. (maps) 000433209 500__ $$aThe translation in this edition is based upon the full text of the Alexander von Humboldt's two-volume Essai politique sur l'île de Cuba from 1826. 000433209 500__ $$aIncludes index. 000433209 500__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000433209 5050_ $$aInventories and Inventions: Alexander von Humboldts Cuban Landscapes -- Note on the Text -- Political Essay on the Island of Cuba -- Annotations -- Alexander von Humboldts Library -- Chronology -- Editorial Note -- Subject Index -- Toponym Index 000433209 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000433209 520__ $$aThe research Alexander von Humboldt amassed during his five-year trek through the Americas in the early nineteenth-century proved foundational to the fields of botany, geography, and geology. But his visit to Cuba during this time yielded observations that extended far beyond the natural world. Political Essay on the Island of Cuba is a physical and cultural study of the island nation. In it, Humboldt denounces colonial slavery on both moral and economic grounds and stresses the vital importance of improving intercultural relations throughout the Americas. Humboldts most controversial book, Political Essay on the Island of Cuba was banned, censored, and willfully mistranslated to suppress Humboldt's strong antislavery sentiments. It reemerges here, newly translated from the original two volume French edition, to introduce a new generation of readers to Humboldts astonishing multiplicity of scientific and philosophical perspectives. In their critical introduction, Vera Kutzinski and Ottmar Ette emphasize Humboldt's rare ability to combine scientific rigor with a cosmopolitan consciousness and a deeply felt philosophical humanism. The result is a work on Cuba of historical import that will attract historians of science as well as cultural historians, political scientists, and literary scholars. 000433209 650_0 $$aSlavery$$zCuba$$xHistory. 000433209 651_0 $$aCuba$$xDescription and travel. 000433209 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 000433209 7001_ $$aKutzinski, Vera M.,$$d1956- 000433209 7001_ $$aEtte, Ottmar. 000433209 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aHumboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.$$sEssai politique sur l'ile de Cuba. English.$$tPolitical essay on the island of Cuba.$$dChicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011$$z9780226465678$$w(DLC) 2010015028$$w(OCoLC) 587209653 000433209 8520_ $$bacq 000433209 85280 $$bebk$$hProquest Ebook Central 000433209 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=683452$$zOnline Access 000433209 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:433209$$pGLOBAL_SET 000433209 980__ $$aEBOOK 000433209 980__ $$aBIB 000433209 982__ $$aEbook 000433209 983__ $$aOnline