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Warriors into Workers : The Civil War and the Formation of the Urban-Industrial Society in a Northern City / Russell L. Johnson.

Johnson, Russell L., author.
2022
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Title
Warriors into Workers : The Civil War and the Formation of the Urban-Industrial Society in a Northern City / Russell L. Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Russell L., author.
ISBN
9780823293513
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823293513
Published
New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2003
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (388 p.)
Item Number
10.1515/9780823293513 doi
Summary
In this portrait of Dubuque, Iowa, Russell Johnson combines personal narratives with social, political, and economic analysis to shed new light on what the War meant for one city and for the rapidly growing north. Johnson examines the experiences of Dubuque's soldiers and their families to answer crucial questions: What impact did the Civil War have on the economic and social life of Dubuque? How did military service affect the social mobility of veterans? And how did army service, as a form of industrial organization, help create a modern workforce? Warriors into Workers makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the formation of American industrial society, and addresses key issues in labor history, military history, political culture, and gender.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023)
Series
The North's Civil War
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Contents
Acknowledgments
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INTRODUCTION Military Service and Industrialization
PART I Dubuque and Its Soldiers
CHAPTER 1 The Key City: Dubuque before the Civil War
CHAPTER 2 ''Volunteer While You May'': Mobilization for the War
CHAPTER 3 Independent Soldiers and Soldier-Sons: The Social Origins of Enlistees
PART II Military Service and Its Impact
CHAPTER 4 ''The Boys All Stood to the Work Manfully'': The Army as an Industrial Workplace
CHAPTER 5 Ten Thousand Men in Shebangs: The Army as an Urban Working- Class Environment
CHAPTER 6 ''A Duty of the Hour'': The Home Front in Dubuque
CHAPTER 7 The Civil War Generation: Military Service and Social Mobility
CONCLUSION Hawkeyes in Blue
APPENDIX A Data on Dubuque Society and Politics
APPENDIX B Data on Dubuque's Soldiers
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