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rev_number: 13
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creators_name: Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano
creators_name: Scheve, Kenneth
creators_name: Stasavage, David
creators_id: massimiliano.onorato@imtlucca.it
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title: Technology and the Era of the Mass Army 
ispublished: pub
subjects: H1
subjects: JA
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: none
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 support for our technological account using a new data set covering thirteen great powers between 1600 and 2000. We find little evidence that the French Revolution was a watershed in terms of levels of mobilization.
date: 2014-06
date_type: published
publication: Journal of Economic History
volume: 74
number: 2
publisher: Cambridge University Press
pagerange: 449-481
id_number: 10.1017/S0022050714000321
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0022-0507
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022050714000321
related_url_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1420/1/EIC_WP_2012_5.pdf
citation:   Onorato, Massimiliano Gaetano and Scheve, Kenneth and Stasavage, David  Technology and the Era of the Mass Army.  Journal of Economic History, 74 (2).  pp. 449-481.  ISSN 0022-0507      (2014)