Warriors into workers [electronic resource] : the Civil War and the formation of urban-industrial society in a northern city / Russell L. Johnson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: North's Civil War ; no. 24Publication details: New York : Fordham University Press, 2003.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 388 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 977.7/39 21
LOC classification:
  • F629.D8 J64 2003eb
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Contents:
The key city : Dubuque before the Civil War -- "Volunteer while you may" : mobilization for the war -- Independent soldiers and soldier-sons : the social origins of enlistees -- "The boys all stood to the work manfully" : the army as an industrial workplace -- Ten thousand men in shebangs : the army as an urban working-class environment -- "A duty of the hour" : the home front in Dubuque -- The Civil War generation : military service and social mobility -- Conclusion : Hawkeyes in blue.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The key city : Dubuque before the Civil War -- "Volunteer while you may" : mobilization for the war -- Independent soldiers and soldier-sons : the social origins of enlistees -- "The boys all stood to the work manfully" : the army as an industrial workplace -- Ten thousand men in shebangs : the army as an urban working-class environment -- "A duty of the hour" : the home front in Dubuque -- The Civil War generation : military service and social mobility -- Conclusion : Hawkeyes in blue.

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