Georg Forster : voyager, naturalist, revolutionary /: voyager, naturalist, revolutionary. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jürgen Goldstein ; translated by Anne Janusch.
• Authors: Goldstein, Jürgen, 1962-
• Other Names: Janusch, Annie translator.
• Contents: Prologue: Nature, a Perilous Word 1. Beginnings: 1754–1772 Like a Blank Slate First Impressions from Afar The Right Place at the Right Time 2. View of Nature: The Voyage around the World, 1772–1775 Patterns of Perception A Well-Told Tale The Sea Distances Hardship Perils in the Ice Sunny Arcadia First and Final Sightings Noble Savage? Among Maneaters Bloodshed and Mayhem A Community of Equals The General Rights of Mankind 3. Interludes: 1776–1788 Blue Devils Nature's Balm Physical Anthropology A Debate about the Human Race Political Sheet Lightning: Cook, the Statesman 4. Views of the Political: The Revolution, 1789–1793 Paris Unrest and the Political Public Sphere Historical Signs of the New World: Revolution Political Views of the Lower Rhine Nature as Fate The Principle of Political Change: Fermentation The Liberty of French Mainz The Mainz Republic Experts on Subterranean Passages: Forster and Goethe 5. The End: The Great Perplexity, 1793–1794 The Monstrous Head of Revolution: Paris The Cold Fever of Terror Dancing on the Brink of Absurdity: Adam Lux Back to Nature: Human Dignity The Revolution Is the Revolution Forsaken Like a Child A Source of Strange Introspection Epilogue: The Mahogany Trunk Notes English-Language Works Bibliography of the German Edition Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 838.609; Authors, German -- 18th century -- Biography; Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography; Ethnologists -- Germany -- Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226474816
• Related ISBNs: 9780226467351
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