Project Gutenberg 2015-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 206 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 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.) Reading ease score: 56.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Telegraph -- Great Britain Government ownership HE Text Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Politics 963819 2025-08-19T10:28:53.524906 text/html 936493 2024-10-24T14:18:27 text/html 398818 2025-08-19T10:29:09.452774 application/epub+zip 411575 2025-08-19T10:28:56.666849 application/epub+zip 360095 2025-08-19T10:28:54.933887 application/epub+zip 791092 2025-08-19T10:29:17.984743 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 635307 2025-08-19T10:29:07.913847 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 573026 2022-09-21T19:34:53.182056 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 711831 2025-08-19T10:28:51.291919 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 691772 2024-10-24T14:18:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16621 2025-08-19T10:29:18.177731 application/rdf+xml 9530 2025-08-19T10:28:55.161857 image/jpeg 1963 2025-08-19T10:28:55.045855 image/jpeg 360956 2025-08-19T10:28:53.581893 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog