Paper trails: the US Post and the making of the American West

There were five times as many post offices in the United States in 1899 than there are McDonald's restaurants today. During an era of supposedly limited federal government, the United States operated the most expansive national postal system in the world. In this cutting-edge interpretation of...

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1. Verfasser: Blevins, Cameron ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:There were five times as many post offices in the United States in 1899 than there are McDonald's restaurants today. During an era of supposedly limited federal government, the United States operated the most expansive national postal system in the world. In this cutting-edge interpretation of the late nineteenth-century United States, Cameron Blevins argues that the US Post wove together two of the era's defining projects: western expansion and the growth of state power
Beschreibung:Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (248 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780197550069
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190053673.001.0001