eprintid: 1420
rev_number: 43
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datestamp: 2012-10-22 13:00:17
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status_changed: 2013-07-09 08:23:54
type: monograph
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creators_name: Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano
creators_name: Scheve, Kenneth
creators_name: Stasavage, David
title: Technology and the Era of the Mass Army
ispublished: pub
subjects: H1
subjects: JA
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: imt_eic_working_paper
keywords: JEL classification: F52, N4, N7, O33; Keywords: Military, Security, Soldiers, Technological Change, Technology, Technology Adoption, War, Warfare
note: Updated on November 2013 
abstract: We investigate how technology has influenced the size of armies. During the nineteenth century the development of the railroad made it possible to field and support mass armies, significantly increasing the observed size of military forces. During the late twentieth century
further advances in technology made it possible to deliver explosive force from a distance and with precision, making mass armies less desirable. We find strong support for our
technological account using a new data set covering thirteen great powers between 1600 and 2000. Contrary to what is so often suggested, we find little evidence that the French Revolution was a watershed in terms of levels of mobilization.
date: 2012-10
date_type: published
number: 5
publisher: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
pages: 47
institution: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
issn: 2279-6894
citation:   Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano and Scheve, Kenneth and Stasavage, David  Technology and the Era of the Mass Army.  EIC working paper series  #5/2012    IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca    ISSN 2279-6894.      
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1420/1/EIC_WP_2012_5.pdf