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020			_a9780197550069 (ebook) : _cNo price
040			_aStDuBDS _beng _cStDuBDS _erda _epn
050		0	_aHE6376.A1 _bW476 2021
082	0	4	_a383.497809034 _223
100	1		_aBlevins, Cameron, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPaper trails : _bthe US Post and the making of the American West / _cCameron Blevins.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c2021.
300			_a1 online resource (248 pages) : _billustrations (black and white).
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aOxford scholarship online
500			_aAlso issued in print: 2021.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520	8		_aThere were five times as many post offices in the United States in 1899 than there are McDonald's restaurants today. During an era of supposedly limited federal government, the United States operated the most expansive national postal system in the world. In this cutting-edge interpretation of the late nineteenth-century United States, Cameron Blevins argues that the US Post wove together two of the era's defining projects: western expansion and the growth of state power.
521			_aSpecialized.
588			_aDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 10, 2021).
650		0	_aPostal service _zWest (U.S.) _xHistory _y19th century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xTerritorial expansion. _9119484
651		0	_aWest (U.S.) _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version : _z9780190053673
830		0	_aOxford scholarship online.
856	4	0	_3Oxford scholarship online _uhttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190053673.001.0001
975			_aOxford scholarship online 2024
999			_c86599 _d86599