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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Russell L., Author.

Series:

The North's Civil War

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

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

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

0-8232-9351-3

OCLC:

1369649590