"Making use of private energies": the origins and early evolution of the modern Japanese postal system -- Public servants with private interests : postwar commissioned postmasters and the politics of self-preservation -- The commissioned postmasters : the view from inside -- The postwar postal regime and the failure of reform -- Setting the stage: the Hashimoto reforms -- Koizumi Jun'Ichiro and the politics of postal privatization -- Conclusion: the revenge of the postal regime -- Reference matter -- Works cited -- Index
