@Book{59093094X,
author="Walls, Laura Dassow",
title="passage to Cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the shaping of America",
year="2009",
publisher="The Univ. of Chicago Press",
address="Chicago [u.a.]",
keywords="Influence; United States; Political and social views; Science; History; Intellectual life; Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859InfluenceUnited States; Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859Kosmos; Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859Political and social views; ScienceHistory19th century; United StatesIntellectual life19th century",
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.",
abstract="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",
note="Laura Dassow Walls",
note="Includes bibliographical references and index",
isbn="0226871827",
language="English"
}