The Business of Civil War : Military Mobilization and the State, 1861-1865.
Wilson, Mark R.
The Business of Civil War : Military Mobilization and the State, 1861-1865. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (321 pages) - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series . - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Rise and Fall of a Federal Supply System -- CHAPTER 2 The Formation of a National Bureaucracy -- CHAPTER 3 The Making of a Mixed Military Economy -- CHAPTER 4 The Trouble with Contracting -- CHAPTER 5 The Middleman on Trial -- CHAPTER 6 The Unacknowledged Militarization of America -- APPENDIX A: Note on the Value of a Dollar during the Civil War Era -- APPENDIX B: Leading Northern Military Contractors in Selected Industries -- APPENDIX C: Note on Data Collection and Record Linkages -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Students of the American Civil War will welcome this fresh study of military-industrial production and procurement on the home front--long an obscure topic.
9780801888830
United States.-Army-Mobilization-History-Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contracting out-United States-History-19th century.
United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
E491 .W76 2006
973.7/1
The Business of Civil War : Military Mobilization and the State, 1861-1865. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (321 pages) - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series . - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Rise and Fall of a Federal Supply System -- CHAPTER 2 The Formation of a National Bureaucracy -- CHAPTER 3 The Making of a Mixed Military Economy -- CHAPTER 4 The Trouble with Contracting -- CHAPTER 5 The Middleman on Trial -- CHAPTER 6 The Unacknowledged Militarization of America -- APPENDIX A: Note on the Value of a Dollar during the Civil War Era -- APPENDIX B: Leading Northern Military Contractors in Selected Industries -- APPENDIX C: Note on Data Collection and Record Linkages -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Students of the American Civil War will welcome this fresh study of military-industrial production and procurement on the home front--long an obscure topic.
9780801888830
United States.-Army-Mobilization-History-Civil War, 1861-1865.
Contracting out-United States-History-19th century.
United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
E491 .W76 2006
973.7/1