{"product_id":"political-essay-on-the-kingdom-of-new-spain-volume-1-a-critical-edition-alexander-von-humboldt-in-english-9780226651385","title":"Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain  Volume 1: A Critical Edition (Alexander von Humboldt in English)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 of this critical edition includes a note on the text from the Humboldt in English team  an introduction by editors Vera M. Kutzinski and Ottmar Ette  a preface to the first edition by Alexander von Humboldt  and the translation of Volumes 1 and 2 of Humboldts Essai politique sur le royaume de de Nouvelle Espagne from 1825 to 1827.  Alexander von Humboldt was the most celebrated modern chronicler of North and South America and the Caribbean  and this translation of his essay on New Spainthe first modern regional economic and political geographycovers his travels across todays Mexico in 18031804. The work canvases natural-scientific and cultural-scientific objects alike  combining the results of fieldwork with archival research and expert testimony.  To show how people  plants  animals  goods  and ideas moved across the globe  Humboldt wrote in a variety of styles  bending and reshaping familiar writerly conventions to keep readers attentive to new inputs. Above all  he wanted his readers to be open-minded when confronted with cultural and other differences in the Americas. Fueled by his comparative global perspective on politics  economics  and science  he used his writing to support Latin American independence and condemn slavery and other forms of colonial exploitation. It is these voluminous and innovative writings on the New World that made Humboldt the undisputed father of modern geography  early American studies  transatlantic cultural history  and environmental studies.  This two-volume critical editionthe third installment in the Alexander von Humboldt in English seriesis based on the full text  including all footnotes  tables  and maps  of the second  revised French edition of Essai politique sur le royaume de de Nouvelle Espagne from 1825 to 1827  which has never been translated into English before. Extensive annotations and full-color atlases are available on the series website.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67598814543925,"sku":"ByrdShop_022665138X","price":63.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226651385.jpg?v=1790933916","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/political-essay-on-the-kingdom-of-new-spain-volume-1-a-critical-edition-alexander-von-humboldt-in-english-9780226651385","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}