Ep. 89: What did the Civil War Smell Like? with Mark Smith

All history is a string of sense perceptions linked together by individual minds in meaningful patterns we call moments, minutes, hours, days, months, years, wars, eras, periods, ages, and so on. History is sensation, and all sensation is done by the fundamental units of the human species; the individual. In this episode, we explore the Civil War through sensor history in order to fully understand what it was actually like on the battlefield and at home from the perspective of all 5 senses.What is sensory history? Is sensory history important to understand the depth of the human experience? Should history be hyper individualized? How can sensory history help us learn more about what we believe we already know? Can sound be revolutionary?Further Reading:The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege: A Sensory History of the Civil War, written by Mark SmithLooking Back: The explosion of sensory history, written by Mark SmithRelated Content:[The Confederacy and Liberty](https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/confederacy-liberty](https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/confederacy-liberty), written by Jason KuznickiWhy “Libertarian” Defenses of the Confederacy and “States’ Rights” are Incoherent, written by Jonathan BlanksConflicts Among Peace Advocates During the Civil War, written by George H. Smith Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.