TY - BOOK AU - Wilson, Mark TI - The business of civil war: military mobilization and the state, 1861-1865 T2 - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology SN - 9780801883484 U1 - 973.71 23 PY - 2006/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - United States KW - Army KW - Mobilization KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861 -1865 KW - Contracting out KW - 19th century KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Economic aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-293) and index; 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 ER -