books.google.com - 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...http://books.google.com/books/about/Mastering_Wartime_A_Social_History_of_Ph.html?id=r7a-yTZdrsYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMastering Wartime: A Social History of Philadelphia During the Civil War
