The business of civil war : military mobilization and the state, 1861-1865 - Wilson, Mark (Mark R.), 1970- (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-293) and index.
Keywords: United States. -- Army -- Mobilization -- History -- Civil War, 1861 -1865.; Contracting out -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects .