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15%OFFMark R. Wilson - The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861–1865 - 9780801898204 - V9780801898204
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The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861–1865

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Description for The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861–1865 Paperback. 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. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9, 7 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWJ; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
This wide-ranging, original account of the politics and economics of the giant military supply project in the North reconstructs an important but little-known part of Civil War history. Drawing on new and extensive research in army and business archives, Mark R. Wilson offers a fresh view of the wartime North and the ways in which its economy worked when the Lincoln administration, with unprecedented military effort, moved to suppress the rebellion. This task of equipping and sustaining Union forces fell to career army procurement officers. Largely free from political partisanship or any formal free-market ideology, they created a mixed military ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801898204
SKU
V9780801898204
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About Mark R. Wilson
Mark R. Wilson is an associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Reviews for The Business of Civil War: Military Mobilization and the State, 1861–1865
A superlative and welcome addition to Civil War scholarship... clear, informative and consistently insightful.
Ethan S. Rafuse Civil War News 2006 A good book for anyone interested in logistics, as well as the more serious student of the Civil War. NYMAS Review 2006 A 'must' for any serious student of Civil War history who would go beyond the usual ... Read more

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