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The people's post office : the history and politics of the Japanese postal system, 1871-2010
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- Creator
- Patricia L. Maclachlan
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2011
- Physical Details
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- xx, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0674062450, 9780674062450, 1684175127, 9781684175123
- OCLC
- ocn709670283, on1012938450, on1132663352
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-347) and index.
- "Making use of private energies": the origins and early evolution of the modern Japanese postal system -- Public servants with private interests : postwar commissioned postmasters and the politics of self-preservation -- The commissioned postmasters : the view from inside -- The postwar postal regime and the failure of reform -- Setting the stage: the Hashimoto reforms -- Koizumi Jun'Ichiro and the politics of postal privatization -- Conclusion: the revenge of the postal regime -- Reference matter -- Works cited -- Index