Project Gutenberg 2015-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 106 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 963686 963631 2025-01-19T10:40:45.550812 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 398765 2025-01-19T10:41:02.885716 application/epub+zip 411642 2025-01-19T10:40:48.814853 application/epub+zip 360160 2025-01-19T10:40:47.126807 application/epub+zip 790864 2025-01-19T10:41:12.592676 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 635305 2025-01-19T10:41:01.232730 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 20198 2025-01-19T10:41:12.798690 application/rdf+xml 9530 2025-01-19T10:40:47.370807 image/jpeg 1963 2025-01-19T10:40:47.249794 image/jpeg 360919 2025-01-19T10:40:45.613825 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