id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_vevgjlofafgl7lolnwbflccxki Clare Richardson The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World, by Andrea Wulf 2016.0 4 .pdf application/pdf 1680 125 60 Review: "The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World" by Stable URL: http://www.globalhistories.com/index.php/GHSJ/article/view/60 The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New Clare Richardson is a Master's candidate studying Global History at the Humboldt University of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World. a design historian by training who has previously published two books on gardening histories, breathes life into Humboldt�s litany of discoveries, follows his connections by researching natural features in distant lands and viewing the world Humboldt insisted that the indigenous peoples were 'as capable of scientific discoveries, art and craftsmanship as the Europeans.' (p.152) In later accounts, his his writings on Spanish colonialism in Latin America, where his work inspired Wulf quotes Humboldt as saying after he comes to understand how Spanish monks Wulf describes his contributions in the book title, refers to the way his work influenced the thinking of his predominantly European audience, shaping their conception of the environment as an interconnected global force� ./cache/work_vevgjlofafgl7lolnwbflccxki.pdf ./txt/work_vevgjlofafgl7lolnwbflccxki.txt