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Mastering wartime : a social history of Philadelphia during the Civil War /

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 cri...

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Main Author: Gallman, J. Matthew
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.
Edition:Pennsylvania Paperbacks ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
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Table of Contents:
  • 2
  • Filling the ranks
  • 11
  • 3
  • Kinfolk at war: Philadelphians' responses to death and separation
  • 54
  • 4
  • Old rituals for new causes: Civic celebration at war
  • 85
  • 5
  • Help from the home front: Wartime voluntarism in Philadelphia
  • 117
  • 6
  • The Great Sanitary Fair of 1864: Exercise in civic voluntarism
  • 146
  • 7
  • Preserving the peace: Order and disorder
  • 170
  • 8
  • Soldiers in the city: The military challenge to public order
  • 194
  • 9
  • Philadelphia's workers in wartime
  • 217
  • 10
  • The fortunes of war: The Civil War and Philadelphia's manufacturing development
  • 251
  • 11
  • The economic life of wartime Philadelphia
  • 266
  • 12
  • Winners and losers: The R. G. Dun credit reports
  • 299
  • 13
  • Conclusion: Toward the Centennial City
  • 329
  • Appendix
  • The R. G. Dun data
  • 341.
  • Filling the ranks
  • Kinfolk at war: Philadelphians' responses to death and separation
  • Old rituals for new causes: Civic celebration at war
  • Help from the home front: Wartime voluntarism in Philadelphia
  • The Great Sanitary Fair of 1864: Exercise in civic voluntarism
  • Preserving the peace: Order and disorder
  • Soldiers in 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: Toward the Centennial City
  • The R.G. Dun data.

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