David C Hsiung
Biographic Data
| ID | 2331743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David C Hsiung |
| GIVEN NAMES | David C |
| FAMILY NAME | Hsiung |
| SIGNATURE | HSIUNG D C |
| AFFILIATIONS | David C. Hsiung, the Charles and Shirley Knox Professor of History at Juniata College, in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, is the author of Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains: Exploring the Origins of Appalachian Stereotypes (1997). He is currently working on a larger project integrating environmental history and the American Revolution and welcomes comments and suggestions sent to him at . |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Animals and the War of Independence, 1775–1776
Animals played a key and still-understudied role in the first year of the War of Independence. While obtaining livestock for food, British forces altered environments and spurred opposition in distant places, and forced animals to become war refugees. Unreliable food supplies also contributed to the army's evacuation of Boston
Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands David C. Hsiung Surviving the Winters: Housing Washington’s Army during the American Revolution. By Steven Elliott. Campaigns and Commanders. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021. 252 pages. Cloth, paper, ebook. Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778. By Ricardo A. Herrera. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. 270 pages. Cloth, ebook. The Continental army mo…
Food, Fuel, and the New England Environment in the War for Independence, 1775–1776
Early in the American Revolution, British and American forces in New England fought to secure natural resources more than they battled each other. By extracting wool, hay, and firewood from a hinterland that barely sustained the civilian population, the Continental Congress and Massachusetts governments exercised powers that would come to shape Americans' relationship with their environment
Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains
Most Americans know Appalachia through stereotyped images: moonshine and handicrafts, poverty and illiteracy, rugged terrain and isolated mountaineers. Historian David Hsiung maintains that in order to understand the origins of such stereotypes, we must look critically at their underlying concepts, especially those of isolation and community. According to Hsiung's interpretation, two worlds coexisted in the Tennessee mountains: some people made c…
Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains
Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains
Journal Article Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains: Exploring the Origins of Appalachian Stereotypes. By David C. Hsiung. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997. xvi, 239 pp. $32.95, ISBN 0-8131-2001-2) Get access John M. Glen John M. Glen Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 1, June 1998, Pages 223–224, https://doi.…
Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains
Most Americans know Appalachia through stereotyped images: moonshine and handicrafts, poverty and illiteracy, rugged terrain and isolated mountaineers. Historian David Hsiung maintains that in order to understand the origins of such stereotypes, we must look critically at their underlying concepts, especially those of isolation and community. According to Hsiung's interpretation, two worlds coexisted in the Tennessee mountains: some people made c…
Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains
Most Americans know Appalachia through stereotyped images: moonshine and handicrafts, poverty and illiteracy, rugged terrain and isolated mountaineers. Historian David Hsiung maintains that in order to understand the origins of such stereotypes, we must look critically at their underlying concepts, especially those of isolation and community. According to Hsiung's interpretation, two worlds coexisted in the Tennessee mountains: some people made c…
Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains
Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains
Journal Article Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mountains: Exploring the Origins of Appalachian Stereotypes. By David C. Hsiung. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1997. xvi, 239 pp. $32.95, ISBN 0-8131-2001-2) Get access John M. Glen John M. Glen Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 85, Issue 1, June 1998, Pages 223–224, https://doi.…
Food, Fuel, and the New England Environment in the War for Independence, 1775–1776
Early in the American Revolution, British and American forces in New England fought to secure natural resources more than they battled each other. By extracting wool, hay, and firewood from a hinterland that barely sustained the civilian population, the Continental Congress and Massachusetts governments exercised powers that would come to shape Americans' relationship with their environment
Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands
Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands David C. Hsiung Surviving the Winters: Housing Washington’s Army during the American Revolution. By Steven Elliott. Campaigns and Commanders. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021. 252 pages. Cloth, paper, ebook. Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778. By Ricardo A. Herrera. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. 270 pages. Cloth, ebook. The Continental army mo…
Animals and the War of Independence, 1775–1776
Animals played a key and still-understudied role in the first year of the War of Independence. While obtaining livestock for food, British forces altered environments and spurred opposition in distant places, and forced animals to become war refugees. Unreliable food supplies also contributed to the army's evacuation of Boston
Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Appalachia (3 works) · Appalachian Region (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Physical geography (3 works) · American History and Culture (2 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (2 works)