A concise history of the french post office from its origins to the present day Muriel Le Roux et Sébastien Richez (dir.)

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Cover; Contents; Foreword; First Part -- The History of the French Postal Service to the Revolution; Introduction; The Earliest Postal Service and the Gallo-Roman Mail; Postal Service in The Middle Ages; Post and Courier Services from Louis XI to Henri III; The Postal Service under Henri IV; The Post during the Reign of Louis XIII and the System of Offices in Postal Operations from 1630 to 1665; The Postal Service under Louvois; The Postal Farm and the Pajot-Rouillé Group (1691-1738); The Organisation and Operations of the Postal Farm in the 18th Century

The Postal Farm and the Grimoud-Thiroux Group (1738-1770)Postal Service from 1770 to 1789; The "petites postes" or Small Post Offices; Conclusion; Second Part -- The History of the French Postal Service since the Revolution; Introduction; Postal Service during the Revolution and State Control; Postal Service during the Consulat and the Empire and Napoleonic Postal Policy; Postal Service during the Restoration and the End of Rural Isolation (1815-1830); The Post During the July Monarchy and the Intervention of the Railroad and Packets in Transportations

Postal Service During the Second Republic and the Creation of the Postage StampPostal Service during the Second Empire and the Extension of Means of Transportation by Steamer; Postal Service during the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune; Postal Service during the Third Republic from 1871 to 1914 and the Development of Ancillary Services; Postal Service during the First World War (1914-1918); Postal Service between the Wars (1919-1939); Conclusion; Third Part -- Brief History of the French Post Office since 1945; Introduction (Muriel Le Roux / Sébastien Richez)

The French Post Office and the State (David Chauraud)Organisation, Missions and Services of the French Post Office (Laurence Morgana); Postal Workers (Marie Cartier); The French Post Office as a Social Laboratory (Bruno Mahouche); The French Post Office: A Mediator (Sébastien Richez); The French Post Office and Technical Developments (Bruno Mahouche); The French Post Office: A Major Multimodal Carrier (Camille Henri); The French Post Office and its Territories (Sébastien Richez); The French Post Office, European Integration and Globalisation (Léonard Laborie)

This edition is the first synthesis published in English, dealing with the general history of the postal services or the Post Office, in France, from the origins to the present time gathering different studies