Animals and the War of Independence, 1775–1776
Shaping British Military Metabolisms, Environments, and Strategy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16309786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David C Hsiung (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 82-114 |
| Publication date | 2026-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The New England Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-4866 • E-ISSN: 1937-2213 |
| Publisher | MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/tneq.a.1034 |
| OpenAlex | W7150984056 |
| Language | EN |
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
Key (lock · Livestock · Military operations other than war · Opposition (politics · Spanish Civil War · American History and Culture · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Geographies of human-animal interactions
| Highly cited | No |
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