Aaron Sachs is a historian and Cornell University professor who primarily studies American environmental and cultural history. In this episode we discuss his book Up From the Depths: Herman Melville, Lewis Mumford, and Rediscovery in Dark Times.

Link: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691215419/up-from-the-depths

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