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This edition is the first synthesis published in English, dealing with the general history of the postal services or the Post Office, in France, from the origins to the present time gathering different studies.

Two early books written by one of the first historian of the postal Ancient Regime and promotor of the French postal museum in Paris, Eugene Vaillé, had already founded a large part of the French historiography about the postal issue:Histoire des postes françaises jusqu'a la Révolution (Presses universitaires de France, 1946), Histoire des postes françaises depuis la Révolution (Presses universitaires de France, 1947).

Then, a recent collective work, directed by Muriel Le Roux, historian at the CNRS and Sébastien Richez, historian at the comité pour l'histoire de La Poste, studies the contemporary history of this French administration, transformed in a public company in 1991: Breve histoire de la Poste en France depuis 1945(PIE Peter Lang, 2016).

These texts have been translated by Kenneth BERRY for Vaillé, and Georgina BANFIELD for those edited by Le Roux and Richez.

A Concise History of the French Post Office: From Its Origins to the Present Time

Contents: Eugene Vaillé: The History of the French Postal Service to the Revolution - Eugene Vaillé: The History of the French Postal Service Since the Revolution - Muriel Le Roux/Sébastien Richez: Introduction (Brief History of the French Post Office Since 1945) - David Chauraud: The French Post Office and the State - Laurence Morgana: Organisation, Missions and Services of the French Post Office - Marie Cartier: Postal Workers - Bruno Mahouche: The French Post Office as a Social Laboratory - Sébastien Richez: The French Post Office: A Mediator - Bruno Mahouche: The French Post Office and Technical Developments - Camille Henri: The French Post Office: A Major Multimodal Carrier - Sébastien Richez: The French Post Office and its Territories - Léonard Laborie: The French Post Office, European Integration and Globalisation - Muriel Le Roux: At the Crossroads between Reform, Change and Strategy: the French Post Office in the 21^st Century.