Tait Keller
Biographic Data
| ID | 4011475 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tait Keller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tait |
| FAMILY NAME | Keller |
| SIGNATURE | KELLER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rhodes College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Ecological Edges of Belligerency - Toward a Global Environmental History of the First World War
This article represents an initial foray into the global environmental history of the First World War and suggests new approaches that can change our understanding of the conflict. With ravaged farmlands, charred trees, and muddy quagmires as iconic images of the First World War, scholars have generally tended to overlook the place and the role of nature. Yet only by taking the environment into account can we fully understand the trauma of war an…
Aux marges écologiques de la belligérance
Cet article est une première exploration de l'histoire environnementale de la Première Guerre mondiale et suggère de nouvelles approches susceptibles de modifier notre compréhension du conflit. Bien que les terres agricoles ravagées, les arbres calcinés et les bourbiers soient des images iconiques de la Première Guerre mondiale, les chercheurs ont souvent eu tendance à négliger la place et le rôle de la nature dans le conflit. Pourtant, ce n'est …
Apostles of the Alps
Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains' threefold role in transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs, and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of indi…
The Mountains Roar
This article sheds light on the relationship between the environment and war by examining the role the Alps played for Germans and Austrians in the First World War. The historiography of the Great War often portrays nature as a passive victim. Although it suffered the storms of heavy industry and military technology, the natural world was not just a silent casualty of combat. On the Alpine Front, the mountains played an active and crucial role in…
The Mountains Roar
This article sheds light on the relationship between the environment and war by examining the role the Alps played for Germans and Austrians in the First World War. The historiography of the Great War often portrays nature as a passive victim. Although it suffered the storms of heavy industry and military technology, the natural world was not just a silent casualty of combat. On the Alpine Front, the mountains played an active and crucial role in…
The Ecological Edges of Belligerency - Toward a Global Environmental History of the First World War
This article represents an initial foray into the global environmental history of the First World War and suggests new approaches that can change our understanding of the conflict. With ravaged farmlands, charred trees, and muddy quagmires as iconic images of the First World War, scholars have generally tended to overlook the place and the role of nature. Yet only by taking the environment into account can we fully understand the trauma of war an…
The Mountains Roar
This article sheds light on the relationship between the environment and war by examining the role the Alps played for Germans and Austrians in the First World War. The historiography of the Great War often portrays nature as a passive victim. Although it suffered the storms of heavy industry and military technology, the natural world was not just a silent casualty of combat. On the Alpine Front, the mountains played an active and crucial role in…
Apostles of the Alps
Though the Alps may appear to be a peaceful place, the famed mountains once provided the backdrop for a political, environmental, and cultural battle as Germany and Austria struggled to modernize. Tait Keller examines the mountains' threefold role in transforming the two countries, as people sought respite in the mountains, transformed and shaped them according to their needs, and over time began to view them as national symbols and icons of indi…
The Ecological Edges of Belligerency - Toward a Global Environmental History of the First World War
This article represents an initial foray into the global environmental history of the First World War and suggests new approaches that can change our understanding of the conflict. With ravaged farmlands, charred trees, and muddy quagmires as iconic images of the First World War, scholars have generally tended to overlook the place and the role of nature. Yet only by taking the environment into account can we fully understand the trauma of war an…
Aux marges écologiques de la belligérance
Cet article est une première exploration de l'histoire environnementale de la Première Guerre mondiale et suggère de nouvelles approches susceptibles de modifier notre compréhension du conflit. Bien que les terres agricoles ravagées, les arbres calcinés et les bourbiers soient des images iconiques de la Première Guerre mondiale, les chercheurs ont souvent eu tendance à négliger la place et le rôle de la nature dans le conflit. Pourtant, ce n'est …
Ancient history (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · World War II (2 works)