Patrick Joyce is Honorary Professor of History, University of Edinburgh, and Emeritus Professor of History, University of Manchester. He has also served in visiting Professorships in history and sociology, including at the University of California, Berkeley and San Diego; the London School of Economics; and the European University Institute in Florence.
1. Introduction: the powers of the state
Part I. The State of Things: Connecting: 2. 'Man is made of the Post Office': making the social technical
3. Postal economy and society: making the technical social
4. Filing the Raj: political technologies of the imperial state
Part II. The State of Men: Governing: 5. The work of the state
6. The grammars of governance: pedagogies of the powerful
7. 'The fathers govern the nation': the public school and the Oxbridge College
8. Conclusion: legacies of the liberal Leviathan.
