Warriors into workers
Subtitle: the Civil War and the formation of urban-industrial society in a northern city
By: Russell L. Johnson
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: North's Civil War -- no. 24; North's Civil War -- no. 24.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781417534135
Subjects: State & Local; Social aspects; Military History; Industrialization; Influence; General; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Soldiers; History; Economic aspects; HISTORY
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-377) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: The key city : Dubuque before the Civil War; title: "Volunteer while you may" : mobilization for the war; title: Independent soldiers and soldier-sons : the social origins of enlistees; title: "The boys all stood to the work manfully" : the army as an industrial workplace; title: Ten thousand men in shebangs : the army as an urban working-class environment; title: "A duty of the hour" : the home front in Dubuque; title: The Civil War generation : military service and social mobility; title: Conclusion : Hawkeyes in blue.