The postal age: the emergence of modern communications in nineteenth-century America
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1. Verfasser: Henkin, David M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University Of Chicago Press 2006
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-217) and index
Introduction -- pt. 1: Joining a network. Becoming postal : a communications revolution in antebellum America -- Mailable matters : from news to mail -- Playing post office : mail in urban space -- pt. 2: Postal intimacy. Embracing opportunities : the construction of the personal letter -- Precious as gold : mobility and family in the Gold Rush and Civil War -- Mass mailings : valentines, junk mail, and dead letters -- Epilogue
Many of us may not realize that what we now call snail mail was once just as revolutionary as e-mail and text messages are today. As David M. Henkin argues in The Postal Age, a burgeoning postal network initiated major cultural shifts during the nineteenth century, laying the foundation for the interconnectedness that now defines our ever-evolving world of telecommunications. This fascinating history traces these shifts from their beginnings in the mid-1800s, when cheaper postage, mass literacy, and migration combined to make the long-established postal service a more integral and viable part
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ISBN:0226327221
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