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Political Essay on the Island of Cuba: A Critical Edition by Von Humboldt, Alexander; Kutzinski, Vera M. (Editor); Ette, Ottmar (Editor) - 2011
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Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. xxvi, 519 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
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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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