Mastering wartime
Subtitle: a social history of Philadelphia during the Civil War
By: J. Matthew Gallman.
Series: Interdisciplinary perspectives on modern history
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Cambridge [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions.; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Civil war, 1861-1865.; Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Economic conditions.
Description: "Mastering wartime is the first study of a Northern city during the Civil War. J. Matthey Gallman argues that although the war posed numerous challenges to Philadelphia and its citizens, the city?s institutions and traditions proved to be sufficiently malleable to adjust to the crisis without substantial alteration"--Jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 344-349.
"Began as a dissertation at Brandeis University"--Pref.