?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F1089%2F&rft.title=Technology+and+the+Era+of+the+Mass+Army&rft.creator=Onorato%2C+Massimiliano+Gaetano&rft.creator=Scheve%2C+Kenneth&rft.creator=Stasavage%2C+David&rft.subject=H+Social+Sciences+(General)&rft.subject=JA+Political+science+(General)&rft.description=We+provide+the+first+systematic+examination+of+the+determinants+of+military+mobilization+over+the+very+long+run.+Focusing+on+a+sample+of+thirteen+great+powers+between+1600+and+2000+we+argue+that+changes+in+transport+and+communications+technology+were+the+single+most+important+factor+in+both+ushering+in+the+era+of+the+mass+army+and+in+leading+to+its+eventual+demise.+During+the+nineteenth+century+the+development+of+the+railroad+made+it+possible+for+the+first+time+to+mobilize+and+feed+armies+numbering+in+the+millions.+During+the+late+twentieth+century+further+advances+in+transport+and+communications+technology+made%0D%0Ait+possible+to+deliver+explosive+force+from+a+distance.+This+development+has+made+mass+armies+less+relevant.+We+find+strong+support+for+our+technological+interpretation+using+a+new+data+set+that+measures+army+size+and+population+mobilization+from+the+beginning+of+the+seventeenth+century.+In+so+doing+we+also+consider+several+other+plausible+determinants+of+military+mobilization.+Contrary+to+what+is+so+often+suggested+by+political+scientists%2C+we+find%0D%0Alittle+evidence+that+the+French+Revolution+and+the+invention+of+the+concept+of+%22the+nation+in+arms%22+was+associated+with+a+substantial+increase+in+levels+of+mobilization+across+nations.+Even+for+the+French+case+alone%2C+the+magnitude+of+what+is+sometimes+referred+to+as+the+%22Napoleonic+watershed%22+was+smaller+than+what+is+often+believed.&rft.date=2012-01&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Onorato%2C+Massimiliano+Gaetano+and+Scheve%2C+Kenneth+and+Stasavage%2C+David++Technology+and+the+Era+of+the+Mass+Army.++Working+Paper+++++++(Unpublished)+++