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OverviewThe history of the post office involves many of the most significant themes in the social, economic and political history of Britain. Daunton traces the development of the post office as an institution and as a business in the 19th and 20th centuries and places the debates surrounding its history, performances and failings in a longer historical perspective and in the broader context of British national history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Martin J. Daunton (University of Cambridge, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.762kg ISBN: 9781474241236ISBN 10: 1474241239 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 19 November 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeword Asa Briggs Acknowledgements Preface PART I IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION 1 Rowland Hill: From Radical to Administrator 2 Mail Services 3 Financial Services: Profit or Welfare? PART II CARRYING THE MAIL 4 Rail and Road: The Inland Mail 5 Sea and Air: The Overseas Mail PART III WORKING FOR THE POST OFFICE 6 Workers and Wages 7 On the Establishment PART IV OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS 8 Centre and Region 9 Autonomy and Control PART V EPILOGUE: THE POSTWAR WORLD 10 Retreat and Reform in the Postwar World Notes IndexReviewsAuthor InformationMartin J. Daunton is Professor of Economic History and Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Cambridge University Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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