An edition of The passage to Cosmos
(2009)
The passage to Cosmos
Alexander von Humboldt and the shaping of America
by Laura Dassow Walls
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The Passage to Cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the Shaping of America
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Passage to Cosmos: Alexander Von Humboldt and the Shaping of America
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The passage to Cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the shaping of America
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Table of Contents
Prologue: Humboldt's bridge
Confluences
Humboldt's America
Humboldt's Europe
A new earth and a new heaven
Passage to America, 1799-1804
Portals and passages
The Casiquiare crossing
High peaks and hanging valleys
Manifest destinies
Humboldt's visit to the United States, 1804
The Humboldt network
The many faces of Humboldtian science
By land and by sea
Interchapter: finally shall come the poet
"All are alike designed for freedom": Humboldt on race and slavery
(De)constructing race
(Re)constructing race
Humboldt and American slavery
The community of cosmos
Franz Boas, cosmographer
Introducing Humboldt's cosmos
Behold the earth
The face of planet America
The apocalypse of mind: Emerson and Poe
The face of nature: Thoreau, Church, and Whitman
Dwelling: Susan Cooper, Muir, Marsh
Epilogue: recalling cosmos.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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