A frank and engaging exploration of the burgeoning academic field of environmental history
Inspired by the pioneering work of preeminent environmental historian Donald Worster, the …

In the third year of the American Revolution, war moved into the Delaware River Valley and
wreaked havoc. Throughout the series of battles for the American capital of Philadelphia …

Environmental history came of age as a distinctive field, with its own journal and
professional association, in the 1970s and 1980s. A disproportionate number of the most …

This chapter outlines the variety of ideological viewpoints involved, first, in the political
debates about whether or not to have a navy, and then, the continuing debate as to the …

This dissertation examines the evolving interactions of nature and humans during the major
military campaigns in the northern theatre of the American War for Independence (1775 …

George Washington and his Continental Army braving the frigid winter at Valley Forge form
an iconic image in the popular history of the American Revolution. Such winter camps …

In 2021, Hurricane Ida barreled through greater Philadelphia. Valley Forge National
Historical Park received nearly fourteen inches of rain, twice the amount of average rainfall it …

This thesis examines the impact that weather had on armies during the American War of
Independence. It argues that weather affected the operations of both American and British …

Joyce E. Chaplin has observed that our present climatic and environmental crisis puts into
bold relief the importance of comprehending ways of life that existed before industrialization …

Food's importance to warfare has long been a topic of historical inquiry. Dating back to
Thucydides–and to even older stories of warfare–military histories have described how …