Mastering wartime : a social history of Philadelphia during the Civil War / J. Matthew Gallman
by Gallman, J. Matthew (James Matthew)
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- ISBN 13
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Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1990. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 354 pp.: illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; Filling the ranks -- Kinfolk at war : Philadelphians' response to death and separation -- Old rituals for new causes : civil celebrations at war -- Help from the home front : wartime voluntarism in Philadelphia -- The Great Sanitary Fair of 1864 : exercise in civil volunteerism -- Preserving the peace : order and disorder -- Soldiers and the city : the military challenge to public order -- Philadelphia's workers in wartime -- The fortunes of war : the Civil War and Philadelphia's manufacturing development -- The economic life of wartime Philadelphia -- Winners and losers : the R.G. Dun credit reports -- Conclusion : towards the centennial city. Subjects; Economic history. Social conditions. Philadelphia History Civil War, 1861-1865.
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- Title
- Mastering wartime : a social history of Philadelphia during the Civil War / J. Matthew Gallman
- Author
- Gallman, J. Matthew (James Matthew)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 052137474X
- ISBN 13
- 9780521374743
- Publisher
- Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
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