Book contents
- The State of Freedom
- The State of Freedom: A Social History of the British State since 1800
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: the powers of the state
- Part I The state of things: connecting
- 2 “Man is made of the Post Office”: making the social technical
- 3 Postal economy and society: making the technical social
- 4 Filing the Raj: political technologies of the imperial state
- Part II The state of men: governing
- Select bibliography
- Index
2 - “Man is made of the Post Office”: making the social technical
from Part I - The state of things: connecting
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2013
- The State of Freedom
- The State of Freedom: A Social History of the British State since 1800
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction: the powers of the state
- Part I The state of things: connecting
- 2 “Man is made of the Post Office”: making the social technical
- 3 Postal economy and society: making the technical social
- 4 Filing the Raj: political technologies of the imperial state
- Part II The state of men: governing
- Select bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The State of FreedomA Social History of the British State since 1800, pp. 53 - 99Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013