The Life Of Sir Rowland Hill Vol 1 Of 2
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The Life Of Sir Rowland Hill Vol 1 Of 2
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Author : Rowland Hill
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-03-16
The Life Of Sir Rowland Hill Vol 1 Of 2 written by Rowland Hill and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-16 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Excerpt from The Life of Sir Rowland Hill, Vol. 1 of 2: K. C. B., D. C. L., F. R. S., F. R. A.S., Etc;, And the History of Penny Postage Accuracy. In the year 1872 he asked me to examine it carefully, and to point out whatever might strike me as being defective either in its method or its execution. I found, as I told him, that the Prefatory Memoir was too short, and The History of Penny Postage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Life Of Sir Rowland Hill And The History Of Penny Postage
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Author : Sir Rowland Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
The Life Of Sir Rowland Hill And The History Of Penny Postage written by Sir Rowland Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Postage stamps categories.
Sir Rowland Hill
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1861
Sir Rowland Hill written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1861 with Great Britain categories.
The Cambridge Modern History Atlas
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Author : Adolphus William Ward
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1912
The Cambridge Modern History Atlas written by Adolphus William Ward and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1912 with History, Modern categories.
I Hope I Don T Intrude
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Author : David Vincent
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2015-05-14
I Hope I Don T Intrude written by David Vincent and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-14 with History categories.
'I Hope I Don't Intrude' takes its title from the catch-phrase of the eponymous hero of the 1825 play Paul Pry, which was an immense success on the London stage and then rapidly in New York and around the English-speaking world. It tackles the complex, multi-faceted subject of privacy in nineteenth-century Britain by examining the way in which the tropes, language, and imagery of the play entered public discourse about privacy in the rest of the century. The volume is not just an account of a play, or of late Georgian and Victorian theatre. Rather it is a history of privacy, showing how the play resonated through Victorian society and revealed its concerns over personal and state secrecy, celebrity, gossip and scandal, postal espionage, virtual privacy, the idea of intimacy, and the evolution of public and private spheres. After 1825 the overly inquisitive figure of Paul Pry appeared everywhere - in songs, stories, and newspapers, and on everything from buttons and Staffordshire pottery to pubs, ships, and stagecoaches - and 'Paul-Prying' rapidly entered the language. 'I Hope I Don't Intrude' is an innovative kind of social history, using rich archival research to trace this cultural artefact through every aspect of its consumer context, and using its meanings to interrogate the largely hidden history of privacy in a period of major transformations in the role of the home, mass communication (particularly the new letter post, which delivered private messages through a public service), and the state. In vivid and entertaining detail, including many illustrations, David Vincent presents the most thorough account yet attempted of a recreational event in an era which saw a decisive shift in consumer markets. His study casts fresh light on the perennial tensions between curiosity and intrusion that were captured in Paul Pry and his catchphrase. Giving a new account of the communications revolution of the period, it re-evaluates the role of the state and the market in creating a new regime of privacy. And its critique of the concept and practice of surveillance looks forward to twenty-first-century concerns about the invasion of privacy through new technologies.
Masters Of The Post
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Author : Duncan Campbell-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-11-03
Masters Of The Post written by Duncan Campbell-Smith and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-03 with History categories.
The origins of the Post Office go back to the early years of the Tudor monarchy: Brian Tuke, a former King's Bailiff in Sandwich, was acknowledged as the first 'Master of the Posts' by Cardinal Wolsey in 1512, and went on to build up a network of 'postmasters' across England for Henry VIII. Over the following five hundred years the Royal Mail expanded to an unimaginable degree to become the largest employer in the country, and the face of the British state for most people in their everyday lives. But it also faced the demands of an increasingly commercial marketplace. With the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979, the possibility of privatising the Royal Mail has prompted passionate arguments - and has added immeasurably to the difficulties of running it. In charting the whole of this extraordinary story, Duncan Campbell-Smith recounts a series of remarkable tales, including how postal engineers built the first programmable computer for the wartime code-breakers of Bletchley Park and how the Royal Mail managed to successfully continue delivering post to the front lines during two world wars, but also how they failed to avert the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He brings to life many of the dominant personalities in the Royal Mail's history - from Rowland Hill, who imposed a uniform penny post and set the great Victorian expansion on its way, to Tony Benn who championed the modernisation of the service in the 1960s and Tom Jackson who led the postal workers' biggest union through fifteen frequently stormy years up to 1982. This is the first complete history of the Royal Mail up to the present day, based on its comprehensive archives, and including the first detailed account of the past half-century of Britain's postal history, made possible by privileged access to confidential records. Today's debate over the future of the Royal Mail is shown to be just the ;atest chapter in a centuries-old conflict between its roles raising revenue and serving the public. Will its employees remain, like Brian Tuke's postmasters, servants of the Crown? This book could hardly appear at a more timely moment.
Catalogue Of The Library Of The Statistical Society
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Author : Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain). Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
Catalogue Of The Library Of The Statistical Society written by Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain). Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Great Britain categories.
Catalog Of The Library Of The Statistical Society
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Author : Statistical Society (Great Britain). Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
Catalog Of The Library Of The Statistical Society written by Statistical Society (Great Britain). Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Great Britain categories.
Information And The History Of Philosophy
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Author : Chris Meyns
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-06-17
Information And The History Of Philosophy written by Chris Meyns and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In recent years the philosophy of information has emerged as an important area of research in philosophy. However, until now information’s philosophical history has been largely overlooked. Information and the History of Philosophy is the first comprehensive investigation of the history of philosophical questions around information, including work from before the Common Era to the twenty-first century. It covers scientific and technology-centred notions of information, views of human information processing, as well as socio-political topics such as the control and use of information in societies. Organised into five parts, 19 chapters by an international team of contributors cover the following topics and more: Information before 500 CE, including ancient Chinese, Greek and Roman approaches to information; Early theories of information processing, sources of information and cognition; Information and computation in Leibniz, visualised scientific information, copyright and social reform; The nineteenth century, including biological information, knowledge economies and information’s role in empire and eugenics; Recent and contemporary philosophy of information, including racialised information, Shannon information and the very idea of an information revolution. Information and the History of Philosophy is a landmark publication in this emerging field. As such, it is essential reading for students and researchers in the history of philosophy, philosophy of science and technology, and library and information studies. It is also a valuable resource for those working in subjects such as the history of science, media and communication studies and intellectual history.
A Supplement To Allibone S Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors
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Author : John Foster Kirk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
A Supplement To Allibone S Critical Dictionary Of English Literature And British And American Authors written by John Foster Kirk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with American literature categories.