The business of civil war [electronic resource] : military mobilization and the state, 1861-1865 / Mark R. Wilson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered)Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.Description: xii, 306 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.7/1 22
LOC classification:
  • E491 .W76 2006eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The rise and fall of a federal supply system -- The formation of a national bureaucracy -- The making of a mixed military economy -- The trouble with contracting -- The middleman on trial -- 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-293) and index.

The rise and fall of a federal supply system -- The formation of a national bureaucracy -- The making of a mixed military economy -- The trouble with contracting -- The middleman on trial -- 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.

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