03101nam 22006374a 450 991078255210332120230207225856.01-281-95712-797866119571240-226-32722-110.7208/9780226327228(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 Statescommunication, social change, post office, letters, correspondance, postal network, telecommunications, postage, literacy, migration, civil war, gold rush, immigration, race, poverty, junk mail, valentines, antebellum, history, nonfiction, news, urban, family, mass mailing, information, intimacy, connection, distance, pioneers, american west, frontier, labor, travel, relocation, homestead.Postal serviceHistoryCommunicationSocial aspects383/.497309034Henkin David M1462420MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782552103321The postal age3671406UNINA