The Blue, the Gray, and the Green - Toward an Environmental History of the Civil War

An unusual collection of Civil War essays as seen through the lens of noted environmental scholars, this book's provocative historical commentary explores how nature--disease, climate, flora and fauna, etc.--affected the war and how the war shaped Americans' perceptions, understanding, and use of nature.

About the author

BRIAN ALLEN DRAKE is a lecturer of history at the University of Georgia.

Summary

An unusual collection of Civil War essays as seen through the lens of noted environmental scholars, this book's provocative historical commentary explores how nature—disease, climate, flora and fauna, etc.—affected the war and how the war shaped Americans’ perceptions, understanding, and use of nature.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Allen Drake, Brian Allen (EDT) Drake
• Assisted by: Stephen Berry (Editor), Brian Drake (Editor), Brian Allen Drake (Editor), Amy Taylor (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2015
• EAN: 9780820347158
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4715-8
• Series: Uncivil Wars; Uncivil Wars
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous