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Timothy H. Silver. Environmental History of North America, with emphasis on the South and Southern Appalachia; History of America's National and State Parks; Ethnohistory of Early America.
Jun 2, 2020 · Timothy Silver is a co-author of a new book that explores how the war altered relationships between Americans and nature. He discusses the environmental factors that influenced military operations, battles, and armies, such as disease, weather, animals, and death.
Jul 19, 2003 · Watch a video interview with Timothy Silver, a history professor at Appalachian State University, about his book on the Black Mountains of North Carolina. Learn about the geography, history, and culture of this mountain range and its highest peak, Mount Mitchell.
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Timothy H. Silver is a professor of History at Appalachian State University. His current research interests include the environmental history of North America with an emphasis on the South and Southern Appalachia, the history of America's National and State Parks, and the ethnohistory of Early America.
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Dr. Judkin Browning, who serves as the director of App Sate’s Master of Arts in history degree program, has written three books, including “An Environmental History of the Civil War,” and is the editor of “Letters From A North Carolina Unionist: John A. Hedrick to Benjamin S. Hedrick 1862-1865.” He is currently working on projects that explore Nort...
The Department of History offers a broad curriculum in local, national, regional and world history at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, which encourages history majors to develop a comprehensive approach to human problems. The study of history is an essential part of a liberal arts education and offers valuable preparation for many career...
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Appalachian State University is home to 17 academic departments, two centers and one residential college. These units span the humanities and the social, mathematical and natural sciences. CAS aims to develop a distinctive identity built upon our university's strengths, traditions and unique location. The c...
As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, affordable education for all. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students,...
Timothy Silver is a professor of history at Appalachian State University and co-author of "An Environmental History of the Civil War". He also wrote "Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains" and other books on environmental history.
Timothy Silver writes the true story of Altland's death and its aftermath, using archival research, interviews with surviving Clearwater campers, and newly unearthed FBI files.
But in An Environmental History of the Civil War (University of North Carolina Press, 2020), Judkin Browning and Timothy Silver weave a far richer story, combining military and environmental history to forge a comprehensive new narrative of the war’s significance and impact.
