The blue, the gray, and the green : toward an environmental history of the Civil War / edited by Brian Allen Drake.
| Other author | Drake, Brian Allen, editor, author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2015] |
| Description | vi, 250 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | UnCivil Wars Uncivil wars. ^A1129981 |
| Contents | Introduction: new fields of battle: nature, environmental history, and the Civil War / Brian Allen Drake -- Fateful lightning: the significance of weather and climate to Civil War history / Kenneth W. Noe -- "The difficulties and seductions of the desert": landscapes of war in 1861 New Mexico / Megan Kate Nelson -- Yancey County goes to war: a case study of people and nature on home front and battlefield, 1861-1865 / Timothy Silver -- "The man who has nothing to lose": environmental impacts on Civil War straggling in 1862 Virginia / Kathryn Shively Meier -- Stumps in the wilderness / Aaron Sachs -- "The strength of the hills": representations of Appalachian wilderness as Civil War refuge / John C. Inscoe -- Nature as friction: integrating Clausewitz into environmental histories of the Civil War / Lisa M. Brady -- War is hell, so have a chew: the persistence of agroenvironmental ideas in the Civil War Piedmont / Drew A. Swanson -- Reconstructing the soil: emancipation and the roots of chemical-dependent agriculture in America / Timothy Johnson -- Walking, running, and marching into an environmental history of the Civil War / Mart A. Stewart -- Epilogue: "waving the muddy shirt" / Paul S. Sutter. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2014028761 |
| ISBN | 9780820347141 hardcover : alk. paper |
| ISBN | 0820347140 hardcover : alk. paper |
| ISBN | 9780820347158 pbk. : alk. paper |
| ISBN | 0820347159 pbk. : alk. paper |
| ISBN | e-book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E468.9 .B63 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |