How the Post Office Created America: A History
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (781 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143130064 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Now the post office is at a crossroads. The post was the catalyst of the nation’s transportation grid, from the stagecoach lines to the airlines, and the lifeline of the great migration from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Still one of the country’s two major civilian employers, the post was the first to hire women, African Americans, and other minorities for positions in public life. Starved by two world wars and the Great Depression, confronted with the country’s increasingly anti-institutional mind-set, and struggling with its doubled mail volume, the post stumbled badly in the turbulent 1960s. America’s uniquely democratic post powerfully shaped its lively, argumentative culture of uncensored ideas and opinions and made it the world’s information and communications superpower with astonishing speed. Winifred Gallagher presents the history of the post office as America’s own story, told from a fresh perspective over more than two cen
You cannot understand American progress without understanding the U.S. Post's pivotal role in American democracy Mehrsa Essential reading if you want to understand American innovation and exceptionalism. This book is a fun and informative read. It is not just a comprehensive and fascinating study of the post office, but also of American democracy and cultural change. The post office was a foundational institution and its crucial role in the development of the country as we know it has been forgotten over the last several . This is a wonderful story of the Post Office's history from the days This is a wonderful story of the Post Office's history from the days of Ben Franklin to the present. In many ways it was the PO that made America what it is today. The loss of the USPS would be a real bummer even in the days of e-mail etc.. "A wonderful summary of the history of the U" according to JKP. A wonderful summary of the history of the U.S. Post Office. I particularly loved the story of how the Post Office coped with the Civil War and how in spite of the war, it continued to improve mail service.
Winifred Gallagher fluently illuminates not only the fascinating, picturesque past, but also the various possible futures of the American postal service.” —Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 “Winifred Gallagher's How the Post Office Created America is a book of amazing revelations. Highly recommended for students, scholars, and those who care about this nation’s past.”—David Nasaw, author of The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Gallagher’s opening sentence declares, and in this lively book she makes the case well.”—Wall Street Journal “Gallagher makes a strong case for
Winifred Gallagher's books include Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life (a New York Times bestseller), New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change, House Thinking, Just the Way You Are (a New York Times Notable Book), and The Power of Place. She has written for numerous publications, including the A