War Stuff - The Struggle for Human Environmental Resources in American Civil War

Focuses on the intense struggle over human and material resources between armies and civilians in the Civil War South.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Old South; 2. People; 3. Sustenance; 4. Timber; 5. Habitat; 6. Breakdown; 7. 1865 and after.

About the author

Joan E. Cashin is a Professor of History at Ohio State University. An award-winning scholar of nineteenth-century American history, she is the author or editor of five books, including First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis's Civil War (2009).

Summary

Focuses on the wartime struggle over resources between armies and civilians during the US Civil War. These resources included food, timber, shelter, and the skill and knowledge of the white population. Also addresses the political divisions inside the Confederacy and the inaccurate public memory of the conflict.

Product details

• Authors: Joan E. Cashin, Joan E. (Ohio State University) Cashin, Cashin Joan E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781108413183
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41318-3
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Cambridge Studies on the American South; Cambridge Studies on the Ameri; Cambridge Studies on the American South
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, Economic history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Specific wars and campaigns, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War