Project Gutenberg 2015-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 169 Meyer, Hugo Richard 1866 1923 07033625 The British State Telegraphs A Study of the Problem of a Large Body of Civil Servants in a Democracy Reading ease score: 56.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Martin Mayer, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at http://www.tpdlp.net and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The British State Telegraphs" by Hugo Richard Meyer is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work examines the nationalization of telegraph services in Great Britain and evaluates the implications for civil servants within a democracy. The book analyzes the arguments for and against the nationalization process, drawing comparisons to the telegraphic systems in other countries. The opening of the text introduces the overarching scope of the inquiry, which is divided into two main parts: the initial purchase of the telegraphs by the British government in 1870 and the subsequent management of these telegraphic services. The author discusses the political pressures and public opinion that influenced the nationalization process. Meyer highlights the lack of rigorous scrutiny of governmental reports that propelled the decision, unraveling the complexities of expanding civil service roles and the challenges of providing efficient public services. Through this examination, he sets the stage for a deeper analysis of the consequences of civil service expansion and the struggles of public administration in the framework of a democratic society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Telegraph -- Great Britain Government ownership HE Text Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: History - British Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology 963819 963631 2025-02-19T10:35:36.208936 2023-09-21T04:10:18.851213 text/html text/html 957169 2015-01-30T17:14:28 text/html; charset=us-ascii 360447 2015-01-30T17:14:48 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 398847 2025-02-19T10:35:54.301834 application/epub+zip 411644 2025-02-19T10:35:39.883894 application/epub+zip 360160 2025-02-19T10:35:37.958923 application/epub+zip 790146 2025-02-19T10:36:04.013756 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 635307 2025-02-19T10:35:52.583854 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 573026 2022-09-21T19:34:53.182056 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 712079 711777 2024-10-20T07:13:10.358960 2023-09-21T04:10:15.938177 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 712308 2015-01-30T17:14:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 231327 2015-01-30T17:14:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20199 2025-02-19T10:36:04.204751 application/rdf+xml 9530 2025-02-19T10:35:38.203894 image/jpeg 1963 2025-02-19T10:35:38.081892 image/jpeg 360953 2025-02-19T10:35:36.313914 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog