Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Volume 1 - A Critical Edition (Hardcover)

Alexander von Humboldt was the most celebrated modern chronicler of North and South America and the Caribbean, and this translation of his essay on New Spain--the first modern regional economic and political geography--covers his travels across today's Mexico in 1803-04. The work canvases both natural-scientific and cultural-scientific objects alike, combining the results of fieldwork with archival research and expert testimony. To show how people, plants, animals, goods, and ideas moved across the globe, Humboldt wrote in a variety of styles, bending and reshaping familiar writerly conventions to keep readers attentive to new inputs. Above all, he wanted his readers to keep an open mind when confronted with cultural and other differences in the Americas. Fueled by his comparative global perspective on politics, economics, and science, he used his writing to support Latin American independence and condemn slavery and other forms of colonial exploitation. It is these voluminous and innovative writings on the New World that made Humboldt the undisputed father of modern geography, early American studies, transatlantic cultural history, and environmental studies. This two-volume critical edition--the third installment in the Alexander von Humboldt in English series--is based on the full text, including all footnotes, tables, and maps, of the second, revised French edition of Essai politique sur le royaume de de Nouvelle Espagne from 1825-27, which has never been translated into English before. Extensive annotations and full-color atlases are available on the series website.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Alexander Von Humboldt in English
Release date:	September 2019
Authors:	Alexander Von Humboldt
Editors:	Vera M. Kutzinski • Ottmar Ette
Introduction by:	Vera M. Kutzinski • Ottmar Ette
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	632
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-65138-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Earth & environment > Geography > General Books > History > General
LSN:	0-226-65138-X
Barcode:	9780226651385

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