Aaron Sachs (born 1969) is an American historian and Cornell University professor who primarily studies American environmental and cultural history.
Aaron Sachs | |
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Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
Nationality | American |
Education | Harvard University (BA) Yale University (PhD) |
Occupation | Historian |
Life
editHe graduated from Harvard University in 1992 with a B.A. in history and literature, and from Yale University, with a Ph.D. in American Studies, in 2004. He currently is Professor of History and American Studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.[1]
Awards
edit- 2007 Frederick Jackson Turner Award honorable mention.
- 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography Finalist.[2]
Selected publications
edit- Stay Cool: Why Dark Comedy Matters in the Fight Against Climate Change (New York University Press, 2023) ISBN 1479819395
- Up from the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times (Princeton University Press, 2022) ISBN 9780691215419
- Arcadian America: The Death and Life of an Environmental Tradition (Yale University Press, 2013)
- "Special Topics in Calamity History", Reviews in American History, Volume 35, Number 3, September 2007, pp. 453–463
- The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-Century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism. Viking. 2006. ISBN 978-0-14-311192-4. (reprint Penguin 2007)
References
edit- ^ "Cornell University Department of History". www.arts.cornell.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-06-09.
- ^ Varno, David (2023-02-01). "NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR PUBLISHING YEAR 2022". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
5. Thoreau Society Bulletin, A Different Kind of Wildness: Environmental Humor and Cultural Resilience. Number 104, Winter 2019.
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