{"product_id":"alexander-von-humboldt-and-the-united-states-9780691200804","title":"Alexander von Humboldt and the United States","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finalist for the Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award, College Art Association\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Shortlisted for the Alice Award, Furthermore Grants in Publishing\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner, Secretary’s Research Prize, Smithsonian Congress of Scholars\"\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] rich and beautifully produced catalogue.\"\u003cb\u003e---Philip Kennicott, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This handsome, beautifully illustrated, engagingly and perceptively written volume was published in association with the Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibition by the same name. . . . Chapter notes demonstrate Harvey's mastery of the primary materials and the sources that chronicle these developments and the secondary literature built on those sources . . . Essential.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] immersive volume . . . [\u003ci\u003eAlexander von Humboldt and the United States \u003c\/i\u003eincludes] lavishly reproduced portraits of Humboldt contemporaries such as Thomas Jefferson, period maps, animal studies and sculptures related to Humboldt’s life and times.\"\u003cb\u003e---Danny Heitman, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] dense, engrossing project . . . [\u003ci\u003eAlexander von Humboldt and the United States\u003c\/i\u003e includes]eight scholarly essays beautifully illustrated with paintings, artifacts, and maps. . . . An archetype of the 'public intellectual' bearing enormous, transformative importance, thoroughly considered in word and image.\" * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] grandly executed, profusely illustrated volume.\"\u003cb\u003e---Edward Rothstein, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] magnificent book. . . . a book that begs to be read and reread.\"\u003cb\u003e---Laura Dassow Walls, \u003ci\u003eEarly American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403885650263,"sku":"9780691200804","price":66.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691200804.jpg?v=1730484798","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/alexander-von-humboldt-and-the-united-states-9780691200804","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}