01008nam0 22002533i 450 SUN012057820190311101431.22501-985627-8-00.0020190311d1996 |0engc50 baengGB|||| |||||*Integrated circuit engineeringestablishing a foundationL. J. HerbstOxfordetc.)Oxford University1996XVI, 472 p.ill.24 cm.001SUN01205792001 *Textbooks in electrical and electronic engineering4210 OxfordOxford university.GBOxfordSUNL000020Herbst, L. J.SUNV09266747666Oxford universitySUNV000064650ITSOL20190318RICASUN0120578UFFICIO DI BIBLIOTECA DEI DIPARTIMENTI DI INGEGNERIA05CONS E II 339 05UBI659 20190311 Integrated circuit engineering1547026UNICAMPANIA04065nam 2200673Ia 450 991096220490332120200520144314.09780674039148067403914910.4159/9780674039148(CKB)1000000000787143(StDuBDS)AH24023349(SSID)ssj0000250193(PQKBManifestationID)11194177(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250193(PQKBWorkID)10231166(PQKB)10530773(Au-PeEL)EBL3300251(CaPaEBR)ebr10314261(OCoLC)923109890(DE-B1597)574618(DE-B1597)9780674039148(MiAaPQ)EBC3300251(OCoLC)1294423709(Perlego)1146971(EXLCZ)99100000000078714319950512d1995 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrSpreading the news the American postal system from Franklin to Morse /Richard R. John1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press19951 online resource (384p.) Originally published: 1995.9780674833388 0674833384 9780674833425 0674833422 Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-356) and index.Preface Acknowledgments The Postal System as an Agent of Change The Communications Revolution Completing the Network The Imagined Community The Invasion of the Sacred The Wellspring of Democracy The Interdiction of Dissent Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Sources IndexThis text tells the story of the communications revolution spurred by the American postal system and the challenge it posed for American business, politics and cultural life.In the seven decades from its establishment in 1775 to the commercialization of the electric telegraph in 1844, the American postal system spurred a communications revolution no less far-reaching than the subsequent revolutions associated with the telegraph, telephone, and computer. This book tells the story of that revolution and the challenge it posed for American business, politics, and cultural life. During the early republic, the postal system was widely hailed as one of the most important institutions of the day. No other institution had the capacity to transmit such a large volume of information on a regular basis over such an enormous geographical expanse. The stagecoaches and postriders who conveyed the mail were virtually synonymous with speed. In the United States, the unimpeded transmission of information has long been hailed as a positive good. In few other countries has informational mobility been such a cherished ideal. Richard John shows how postal policy can help explain this state of affairs. He discusses its influence on the development of such information-intensive institutions as the national market, the voluntary association, and the mass party. He traces its consequences for ordinary Americans, including women, blacks, and the poor. In a broader sense, he shows how the postal system worked to create a national society out of a loose union of confederated states. This exploration of the role of the postal system in American public life provides a fresh perspective not only on an important but neglected chapter in American history, but also on the origins of some of the most distinctive features of American life today.American postal system from Franklin to MorsePostal serviceUnited StatesHistoryCommunication and trafficPostal serviceHistory.Communication and traffic.383.4973John Richard R.1959-1810530MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962204903321Spreading the news4361900UNINA