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Des éléments révélateurs de la société française : trafic postal et activité du service aux XIXe et XXe siècles

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[eng] Abstract Postal activity is a priviledged mirror of the XIXth century French society. Formely, the low traffic proved a postal use reserved first to the elites of politics, then of culture, and then expanded to economics: the rest of the population didn't use to mail. From the 1860s, literacy tuition, the lowering of postage rates and their simplified implementation, and better life conditions democratized the use of the Post Office. Followed the traffic boom - noticed in the Orne between 1847 and 1921 — which influenced the daily work of postmen, witnesses of the geographical differences related to mail circulation. [fre] Résumé L'activité postale est un miroir privilégié de la société française au XIXe siècle. Auparavant, la faible importance du trafic révéla un usage postal d'abord réservé aux élites politiques, ensuite culturelles, puis élargi aux cercles économiques. Le peuple était étranger à la correspondance. Dès la décennie 1860, les progrès de l'alphabétisation, la baisse des tarifs postaux et la simplification de leur application, l'amélioration des conditions de vie, démocratisèrent le recours à la Poste. Suivit l'explosion du trafic, constatée dans l'Orne entre 1847 et 1921, qui influença le travail quotidien des facteurs, témoins des différences géographiques concernant la circulation du courrier.

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  • Sébastien Richez, 2002. "Des éléments révélateurs de la société française : trafic postal et activité du service aux XIXe et XXe siècles," Histoire, économie & société, Programme National Persée, vol. 21(4), pages 555-570.
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    DOI: 10.3406/hes.2002.2276
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    1. Adrien Montalbo, 2022. "Primary education and economic growth in nineteenth-century France," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), vol. 16(2), pages 277-332, May.
    2. Adrien Montalbo, 2019. "Education and economic development. The influence of primary schooling on municipalities in nineteenth-century France," Working Papers halshs-02286126, HAL.

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