The business of civil war [electronic resource] : military mobilization and the state, 1861-1865 / Mark R. Wilson.
Material type: TextSeries: Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered)Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Description: xii, 306 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): United States. Army -- Mobilization -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 | Contracting out -- United States -- History -- 19th century | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7/1 LOC classification: E491 | .W76 2006Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes 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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