02725nam 22006374a 450 991045400330332120200520144314.01-281-95712-797866119571240-226-32722-110.7208/9780226327228(CKB)1000000000577948(EBL)408572(OCoLC)476229687(SSID)ssj0000224807(PQKBManifestationID)11910952(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224807(PQKBWorkID)10210424(PQKB)10442807(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121916(MiAaPQ)EBC408572(DE-B1597)524809(OCoLC)1055416405(DE-B1597)9780226327228(Au-PeEL)EBL408572(CaPaEBR)ebr10265888(CaONFJC)MIL195712(EXLCZ)99100000000057794820060425d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe postal age[electronic resource] the emergence of modern communications in nineteenth-century America /David M. HenkinChicago University Of Chicago Press20061 online resource (238 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-32720-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-217) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Joining a Network -- Part 2. Postal Intimacy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- IndexMany 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 Postal serviceUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCommunicationSocial aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.Postal serviceHistoryCommunicationSocial aspects383/.497309034Henkin David M960510MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454003303321The postal age2177447UNINA