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Political Essay on the Island of Cuba: A Critical Edition Hardcover - 2011
by Alexander Von Humboldt; Vera M. Kutzinski (Editor); Ottmar Ette (Editor)
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- Title Political Essay on the Island of Cuba: A Critical Edition
- Author Alexander Von Humboldt; Vera M. Kutzinski (Editor); Ottmar Ette (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date 2011-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780226465678 / 0226465675
- Weight 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.5 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 3.81 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Cuba - Description and travel, Slavery - Cuba - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010015028
- Dewey Decimal Code 972.910
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Series Alexander von Humboldt in English. First printing. Edited with an introduction by Vera M. Kutzinski and Ottmar Ette. Translation by J. Bradford Anderson, Vera M. Kutzinski and Anja Becker of "Essai politique sur l'ile de Cuba (1826). With annotations by Tobias Kraft, Anja Becker, and Giorleny D. Altamirano Rayo. Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", is bound in black cloth, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xxvi/519 pages."The research Alexander von Humboldt amassed during his five-year trek through the Americas in the early 19th century proved foundational to the fields of botany and geology. But his visit to Cuba during this time yielded observations that extended far beyond the natural world. This title presents a physical and cultural study of the island nation."
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New. The 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. Humboldt's most controversial book, "Political Essay on the Island of Cuba" was banned, censored, and willfully mistranslated to suppress Humboldt's strong antislavery sentiments. It re-emerges here, newly translated from the original two-volume French edition, to introduce a new generation of readers to Humboldt's astonishing multiplicity of scientific and philosophical perspectives. In their critical…
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