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Neither Snow Nor Rain

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Author : Devin Leonard
language : en
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Release Date : 2016-05-03

Neither Snow Nor Rain written by Devin Leonard and has been published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with History categories.

“[The] book makes you care what happens to its main protagonist, the U.S. Postal Service itself. And, as such, it leaves you at the end in suspense.” —USA Today Founded by Benjamin Franklin, the United States Postal Service was the information network that bound far-flung Americans together, and yet, it is slowly vanishing. Critics say it is slow and archaic. Mail volume is down. The workforce is shrinking. Post offices are closing. In Neither Snow Nor Rain, journalist Devin Leonard tackles the fascinating, centuries-long history of the USPS, from the first letter carriers through Franklin’s days, when postmasters worked out of their homes and post roads cut new paths through the wilderness. Under Andrew Jackson, the post office was molded into a vast patronage machine, and by the 1870s, over seventy percent of federal employees were postal workers. As the country boomed, USPS aggressively developed new technology, from mobile post offices on railroads and airmail service to mechanical sorting machines and optical character readers. Neither Snow Nor Rain is a rich, multifaceted history, full of remarkable characters, from the stamp-collecting FDR, to the revolutionaries who challenged USPS’s monopoly on mail, to the renegade union members who brought the system—and the country—to a halt in the 1970s. “Delectably readable . . . Leonard’s account offers surprises on almost every other page . . . [and] delivers both the triumphs and travails with clarity, wit and heart.” —Chicago Tribune

How The Post Office Created America

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Author : Winifred Gallagher
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-06-28

How The Post Office Created America written by Winifred Gallagher and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-28 with History categories.

A masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines the surprising role of the postal service in our nation’s political, social, economic, and physical development. The founders established the post office before they had even signed the Declaration of Independence, and for a very long time, it was the U.S. government’s largest and most important endeavor—indeed, it was the government for most citizens. This was no conventional mail network but the central nervous system of the new body politic, designed to bind thirteen quarrelsome colonies into the United States by delivering news about public affairs to every citizen—a radical idea that appalled Europe’s great powers. 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 centuries. The mandate to deliver the mail—then “the media”—imposed the federal footprint on vast, often contested parts of the continent and transformed a wilderness into a social landscape of post roads and villages centered on post offices. 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. It enabled America to shift from an agrarian to an industrial economy and to develop the publishing industry, the consumer culture, and the political party system. 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. Distracted by the ensuing modernization of its traditional services, however, it failed to transition from paper mail to email, which prescient observers saw as its logical next step. Now the post office is at a crossroads. Before deciding its future, Americans should understand what this grand yet overlooked institution has accomplished since 1775 and consider what it should and could contribute in the twenty-first century. Gallagher argues that now, more than ever before, the imperiled post office deserves this effort, because just as the founders anticipated, it created forward-looking, communication-oriented, idea-driven America.

Monopoly Mail

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Author : Douglas Adie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-29

Monopoly Mail written by Douglas Adie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-29 with Business & Economics categories.

First class postage rates have risen from six cents in 1971 to 25 cents in 1988. This rapid increase might be justifiable if service had improved commen-surately, but in fact postal service has steadily deteriorated. The Postal Service concedes that it takes ten percent longer to deliver a first class letter than it did in the 1960s, and one recent postmaster general admits that delivery may have been more reliable in the 1920s. In this volume, Adie reviews the failures of the U.S. Postal Service - an inability to innovate, soaring labor costs, huge deficits, chronic inefficiency, and declining service standards. He blames most of these problems on the postal service's monopoly status. Competition produces efficiency and innovation; monopoly breeds inefficiency, high costs and stagnation. He also examines the experiences of other countries and other industries that may be valuable in prescribing reform for the postal service. The breakup of AT&T provides lessons that may be applied to postal reform. The long-run effects of deregulation on the airline industry are also examined. Since the postal service has serious union problems, Adie looks at the air traffic controllers' strike and other evidence on pay and labor relations in government unions. Finally, Adie examines the experiences of Canada and Great Britain with privatization of government companies. He then offers a comprehensive - and controversial - reform plan for the U.S. Postal Service, with no further monopoly privileges or taxpayer subsidies. He argues that private companies should be free to compete with the Postal Service, and it, in turn, should be free to compete in all phases of the communications business. Without privatization and deregulation, the Postal Service is doomed to continuing inefficiency, rising costs, worsening labor relations, and an increasing loss of customers to more innovative and efficient service providers. Competition would give the Postal Service a chance to enter the 21st ce

The United States Postal Service

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Author : Cheryl Weant McAfee
language : en
Publisher: Facts On File
Release Date : 1987

The United States Postal Service written by Cheryl Weant McAfee and has been published by Facts On File this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Political Science categories.

The story of the oldest organization in the Federal government.

Capital Investment Program Of The United States Postal Service

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Postal Facilities, Mail, and Labor Management
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974

Capital Investment Program Of The United States Postal Service written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Postal Facilities, Mail, and Labor Management and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.

The United States Postal Service

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Author : United States Postal Service Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-02

The United States Postal Service written by United States Postal Service Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02 with categories.

The Postal Service Guide To U S Stamps

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992

The Postal Service Guide To U S Stamps written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Postage stamps categories.

Presents an overview of the different stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service, including commemorative stamps.

Subcommittee Staff Report On The United States Postal Service S National Bulk Mail System

Subcommittee Staff Report On The United States Postal Service S National Bulk Mail System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Postal Facilities, Mail, and Labor Management and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Parcel post categories.

Treasury Postal Service And General Government Appropriations For Fiscal Year 2003 United States Postal Service

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Treasury Postal Service And General Government Appropriations For Fiscal Year 2003 United States Postal Service written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Political Science categories.

United States Postal Service Reform

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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil Service
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

United States Postal Service Reform written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil Service and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Business & Economics categories.

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