{"product_id":"the-blue-the-gray-and-the-green-toward-an-environmental-history-of-the-civil-war-paperback-1","title":"The Blue, the Gray, and the Green: Toward an Environmental History of the Civil War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Allen Drake\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLisa M. Brady\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eJohn C. Inscoe\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blue, the Gray, and the Green\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blue, the Gray, and the Green\u003c\/i\u003e provides a provocative environmental commentary that enriches our understanding of the Civil War.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBRIAN ALLEN DRAKE is a lecturer of history at the University of Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47510087860445,"sku":"9780820347158","price":71.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/iLW15ZBy8Q9780820347158_f5fd14f5-e21e-44de-a9f0-94fb491d1f74.webp?v=1772122426","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-blue-the-gray-and-the-green-toward-an-environmental-history-of-the-civil-war-paperback-1","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}