Southern environmental history has already added a significant amount of scholar to Southern history. It discusses topics that range from trees, soil, mountains, water, and chemicals. While it has already added so much to the field, there are still several things that need further research.
In his book, The Big Muddy: An Environmental History of the Mississippi and its Peoples from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina, Christopher Morris gives a total history of the Mississippi River area and its environment. The Big Muddy is one of the few environmental history monographs that covers an entire history of an area, using the history to discuss something that is more contemporary, the 2005 Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans.
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In his book, The Big Muddy: An Environmental History of the Mississippi and its Peoples from Hernando de Soto to Hurricane Katrina, Christopher Morris gives a total history of the Mississippi River area and its environment. The Big Muddy is one of the few environmental history monographs that covers an entire history of an area, using the history to discuss something that is more contemporary, the 2005 Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans.
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