Wilson, Mark  1970- <br/><br/>
The business of civil war :  military mobilization and the state, 1861-1865 / 
Mark R. Wilson. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2006. 
 - xii, 306 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
 - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-293) and index. 
<br/><br/>The rise and fall of a federal supply system -- The formation of a n ational bureaucracy -- The making of a mixed military economy -- The tr ouble 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 con tractors in selected industries -- Appendix C : note on data collection and record linkages. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801883484 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005-029017 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army --Mobilization--History--Civil War, 1861 -1865.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Contracting out--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Economic aspects .--Civil War, 1861-1865
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.71