Royal Mail: The Post Office Since 1840

Book Description This Bloomsbury Academic Collection consists of a wide range of classic titles in history from the early modern period to the end of the 20th century. Product Description The 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. About the Author Martin J. Daunton is Professor of Economic History and Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge.