Martin J. Daunton is Professor of Economic History and Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Cambridge University

• Foreword Asa BriggsAcknowledgementsPrefacePART I IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION1 Rowland Hill: From Radical to Administrator2 Mail Services3 Financial Services: Profit or Welfare? PART II CARRYING THE MAIL4 Rail and Road: The Inland Mail5 Sea and Air: The Overseas MailPART III WORKING FOR THE POST OFFICE6 Workers and Wages7 On the EstablishmentPART IV OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS8 Centre and Region9 Autonomy and ControlPART V EPILOGUE: THE POSTWAR WORLD10 Retreat and Reform in the Postwar WorldNotesIndex

Martin J. Daunton is Professor of Economic History and Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Cambridge University

• Foreword Asa BriggsAcknowledgementsPrefacePART I IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION1 Rowland Hill: From Radical to Administrator2 Mail Services3 Financial Services: Profit or Welfare? PART II CARRYING THE MAIL4 Rail and Road: The Inland Mail5 Sea and Air: The Overseas MailPART III WORKING FOR THE POST OFFICE6 Workers and Wages7 On the EstablishmentPART IV OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS8 Centre and Region9 Autonomy and ControlPART V EPILOGUE: THE POSTWAR WORLD10 Retreat and Reform in the Postwar WorldNotesIndex

Martin J. Daunton is Professor of Economic History and Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Cambridge University

• Foreword Asa BriggsAcknowledgementsPrefacePART I IMPROVEMENT AND EXPANSION1 Rowland Hill: From Radical to Administrator2 Mail Services3 Financial Services: Profit or Welfare? PART II CARRYING THE MAIL4 Rail and Road: The Inland Mail5 Sea and Air: The Overseas MailPART III WORKING FOR THE POST OFFICE6 Workers and Wages7 On the EstablishmentPART IV OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS8 Centre and Region9 Autonomy and ControlPART V EPILOGUE: THE POSTWAR WORLD10 Retreat and Reform in the Postwar WorldNotesIndex