The Ultimate “Other”: Post-Colonialism and Alexander von Humboldt's Ecological Relationship with Nature

This article is a meditation on the overlaps between environmentalism, post-colonial theory, and the practice of history. It takes as a case study the writings of the explorer-scientist-abolitionist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), the founder of a humane, socially conscious ecology. The post-col...

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Main Author: Sachs, Aaron 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley 2003
In: History and theory
Year: 2003, Volume: 42, Issue: 4, Pages: 111-135
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