The people's post office
Subtitle: the history and politics of the Japanese postal system, 1871-2010
By: Patricia L. Maclachlan
Series: Harvard East Asian monographs -- 338
Publisher: Harvard University Asia Center
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780674062450
Subjects: Postal service; History
Table of contents: title: "Making use of private energies": the origins and early evolution of the modern Japanese postal system; title: Public servants with private interests : postwar commissioned postmasters and the politics of self-preservation; title: The commissioned postmasters : the view from inside; title: The postwar postal regime and the failure of reform; title: Setting the stage: the Hashimoto reforms; title: Koizumi Jun'Ichiro and the politics of postal privatization; title: Conclusion: the revenge of the postal regime; title: Reference matter; title: Works cited; title: Index.