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Mastering Wartime

A Social History of Philadelphia During the Civil War

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Mastering Wartime is the first comprehensive study of a Northern city during the Civil War. J. Matthew Gallman argues that, although the war posed numerous challenges to Philadelphia's citizens, the city's institutions and traditions proved to be sufficiently resilient to adjust to the crisis without significant alteration. Following the wartime actions of individuals and groups-workers, women, entrepreneurs-he shows that while the war placed pressure on private and public organizations to centralize, Philadelphia's institutions remained largely decentralized and tradition bound.Gallman explores the war's impact on a wide range of aspects of life in Philadelphia. Among the issues addressed are recruitment and conscription of soldiers, individual responses to wartime separation and death, individual and institutional benevolence, civic rituals, crime and disorder, government contracting, and long-term economic development. The book compares the wartime years to the antebellum period and discusses the war's legacies in the postwar decade.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2000-09-12
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePennsylvania Paperbacks
Antal sidor368
FörlagUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN9780812217445

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1. Introduction2. Filling the ranks3. Kinfolk at war: Philadelphians' responses to death and separation4. Old rituals for new causes: Civic celebration at war5. Help from the home front: Wartime voluntarism in Philadelphia6. The Great Sanitary Fair of 1864: Exercise in civic voluntarism7. Preserving the peace: Order and disorder8. Soldiers in the city: The military challenge to public order9. Philadelphia's workers in wartime10. The fortunes of war: The Civil War and Philadelphia's manufacturing development11. The economic life of wartime Philadelphia12. Winners and losers: The R. G. Dun credit reports13. Conclusion: Toward the Centennial CityAppendix: The R. G. Dun data

"This significant book is necessary reading for those who wish to understand the construction of public order and the transformation of urban institutions in the nineteenth century." (American Historical Review) "Thanks in part to Gallman's efforts, we may well have an understanding of the meanings of the Civil War on the home front and in the localities that complements and enhances our understanding of its great significance for the nation as a whole." (Reviews in American History)