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Mastering Wartime - A Social History of Philadelphia During the Civil War (Paperback, Pennsylvania Paperbacks ed)
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Mastering Wartime - A Social History of Philadelphia During the Civil War (Paperback, Pennsylvania Paperbacks ed)
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Mastering Wartime A Social History of Philadelphia During the Civil
War J. Matthew Gallman "This significant book is necessary reading
for those who wish to understand the construction of public order
and the transformation of urban institutions in the nineteenth
century."--"American Historical Review" "Thanks in part to
Gallman's efforts, we may well have an understanding of the
meanings of the Civil War on the home front and in the localities
that complements and enhances our understanding of its great
significance for the nation as a whole."--"Reviews in American
History" "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 crisis without significant
alteration. Following the wartime actions of individuals and
groups-workers, women, entrepreneurs-he shows that while the war
placed pressure on private and public organizations to centralize,
Philadelphia's institutions remained largely decentralized and
tradition bound. Gallman explores the war's impact on a wide range
of aspects of life in Philadelphia. Among the issues addressed are
recruitment and conscription of soldiers, individual responses to
wartime separation and death, individual and institutional
benevolence, civic rituals, crime and disorder, government
contracting, and long-term economic development. The book compares
the wartime years to the antebellum period and discusses the war's
legacies in the postwar decade. J. Matthew Gallman is Henry R. Luce
Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College and author of
"Receiving Erin's Children: Philadelphia, Liverpool, and the Irish
Famine Migration, 1845-1855." Pennsylvania Paperbacks 2000 368
pages 6 x 9 11 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-1744-5 Paper $27.50s 18.00
World Rights History, American History Short copy: A pioneering
study of a Northern city during the Civil War that challenges the
long-held belief that the War was a "second American Revolution."
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