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The Humboldt Current
Cornell University history and American studies professor Aaron Sachs offers a masterly intellectual history of the impact of 19th-century explorer Alexander von Humboldt on American culture and science.
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The Coldest Crucible
In the late 1800s, “Arctic Fever” swept across the nation as dozens of American expeditions sailed north to the Arctic to find a sea route to Asia and, ultimately, to stand at the North Pole. Few of these missions were successful, and many men lost their lives en route. Yet failure did little to dampen the enthusiasm of new explorers or the crowds at home that cheered them on. Arctic exploration, Michael F. Robinson argues, was an activity that unfolded in America as much as it did in the wintry hinterland. Paying particular attention to the perils facing explorers at home, The Coldest Crucible examines their struggles to build support for the expeditions before departure, defend their c...
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1966
Considers. S. 3046, to provide grants for education of low-income children, including migrant farmworkers' and Indians' children. S. 2778, to provide grants assisting education of orphans and handicapped children. S. 2928, to provide assistance programs grants for the eradication of school racial imbalance. S. 3012, to provide grants furthering remedial adult education.
