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Penguin Press
July 2016
On Sale: June 28, 2016
336 pages
ISBN: 1594205000
EAN: 9781594205002
Kindle: B017SCQKJC
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Non-Fiction History
The definitive history of the US Postal Service, the
least appreciated and analyzed of America's great
institutions, and an examination of how this remarkable
organization created America.
The post office,
Winifred Gallagher argues, has been not just a witness to
but a foundational influence on much of the history of the
United States of America, particularly for women and
African-Americans, who participated in the nation's
formation via the post office in pivotal ways. How
the Post Office Created America tells this story,
tracing the role of a unique institution and its leaders,
such as Benjamin Franklin, the Crown's first postmaster
general--a position that for a great deal of America's
history belonged to the cabinet, and as such was politically
important and influential. Taking in all the major events in
American history, from the Declaration of Independence to
the Civil War to the advent of the Internet, Gallagher tells
a vitally important story.
This fascinating
and original work of history brings to life a uniquely
American institution, one without which our democracy as we
know it would not have been possible. Gallagher casts her
eyes forward, arguing compellingly that now more than ever
before, as we arrive at a fork in the road with the advent
of the Internet, we need to ensure that the future of the
postal service is not squandered.
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