Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. 1. The Postal System as an Agent of Change 1
6. 2. The Communications Revolution 25
7. 3. Completing the Network 64
8. 4. The Imagined Community 112
9. 5. The Invasion of the Sacred 169
10. 6. The Wellspring of Democracy 206
11. 7. The Interdiction of Dissent 257
12. Conclusion 281
13. ABBREVIATIONS 285
14. NOTES 287
15. SOURCES 343
16. INDEX 357