An Environmental History of Civil War and Emancipation in the Cotton South
by
Erin Stewart Mauldin
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
How did the Civil War and the emancipation of four million slaves reconfigure the natural landscape in the South and the farming economy dependent upon it? An innovative reconsideration of the Civil War's profound impact on southern history, Unredeemed Land traces the environmental constraints that...