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The Blue, the Gray, and the Green - Toward an Environmental History of the Civil War (Hardcover)
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The Blue, the Gray, and the Green - Toward an Environmental History of the Civil War (Hardcover)
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"The Blue, the Gray, and the Green" is one of only a handful of
books to apply an environmental history approach to the Civil War.
This book explores how nature--disease, climate, flora and fauna,
and other factors--affected the war and also how the war shaped
Americans' perceptions, understanding, and use of nature. The
contributors use a wide range of approaches that serve as a
valuable template for future environmental histories of the
conflict.
In his introduction, Brian Allen Drake describes the sparse body of
environmental history literature related to the Civil War and lays
out a blueprint for the theoretical basis of each essay. Kenneth W.
Noe emphasizes climate and its effects on agricultural output and
the battlefield; Timothy Silver explores the role of disease among
troops and animals; Megan Kate Nelson examines aridity and Union
defeat in 1861 New Mexico; Kathryn Shively Meier investigates
soldiers' responses to disease in the Peninsula Campaign; Aaron
Sachs, John C. Inscoe, and Lisa M. Brady examine philosophical and
ideological perspectives on nature before, during, and after the
war; Drew Swanson discusses the war's role in production and
landscape change in piedmont tobacco country; Mart A. Stewart muses
on the importance of environmental knowledge and experience for
soldiers, civilians, and slaves; Timothy Johnson elucidates the
ecological underpinnings of debt peonage during Reconstruction;
finally, Paul S. Sutter speculates on the future of Civil War
environmental studies. "The Blue, the Gray, and the Green" provides
a provocative environmental commentary that enriches our
understanding of the Civil War.
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