An Environmental History of the Civil War /

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"This sweeping history recognizes that the Civil War was not just a military conflict but also a moment of profound transformation in Americans' relationship to the natural world. To be sure, environmental factors such as topography and weather powerfully shaped the outcomes of battles and...

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Main Authors: Browning, Judkin (Author), Silver, Timothy, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Ecology.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Homme > Influence sur la nature > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect de l'environnement.
United States > Environmental conditions > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Environmental aspects.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: more than the mud march
  • Sickness, Spring-Winter 1861
  • Weather, Winter 1861-Fall 1862
  • Food, Fall 1862-Summer 1863
  • Animals, 1863-Spring 1864
  • Death and disability, Spring 1864-Fall 1864
  • Terrain, Fall 1864-Spring 1865
  • Epilogue: an environmental legacy.

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