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Author:   Andrea Nye
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438487014

ISBN 10:   1438487010
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   01 January 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Setting Out 1. Close Encounter at a Paris Boarding House 2. A Walk across Spain and a Climb Up a Volcano Part II: The Voyage 3. Aerial Views, Nocturnal Birds, and Wild Indians 4. The Eel Ponds of the Llanos 5. Riverworlds 6. The Mountain 7. The Changing of the Gods Part III: The Return 8. Coming Home 9. Tales of Three Cities 10. Botany on Demand 11. Taking Leave Part IV: Worlds Apart 12. A Lost Friend 13. Warlords and Kings 14. Cosmos and Microcosm 15. A Last Exchange of Gifts 16. Scattered Remains Afterthoughts: A Bonplandian Ethos Notes Primary Sources Bibliography Index

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Well-researched and deeply nuanced, this book presents a wealth of substantive material on the relationship between Aime Bonpland and Alexander von Humboldt. Nye offers a fresh alternative to works that understate Bonpland's role, restoring his life and work to the foreground. The book's binding theme-the contrast between Bonpland's pragmatic proto-environmentalism and Humboldt's 'cosmic' idealism-richly deserves our attention. At times stirring and poignant, Nye's account is relevant for those seeking to understand the deep roots of sustainability thinking. -Curt Meine, author of Aldo Leopold: His Life and Work Andrea Nye significantly augments and balances biographical scholarship on Alexander von Humboldt. By properly crediting Humboldt's travel companion and coauthor Aime Bonpland, Nye's book corrects and enriches the often singular recognition of Humboldt. Moreover, Ecology on the Ground and in the Clouds successfully compares the two men's respective styles of research to refine our thinking about the very nature of environmentalism. - Nicolaas A. Rupke, author of Alexander von Humboldt: A Metabiography

Author Information

Andrea Nye is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She is the author of many books, including Socrates and Diotima: Sexuality, Religion, and the Nature of Divinity.

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