LEADER 01376nam0-22004451i-450- 001 990005872350403321 005 20100524121956.0 010 $a88-15-06567-9 035 $a000587235 035 $aFED01000587235 035 $a(Aleph)000587235FED01 035 $a000587235 100 $a20090218d1998----km-y0itay50------ba 101 1 $aita$ceng 102 $aIT 105 $ay-------001yy 200 1 $aMezzi di comunicazione e modernità$euna teoria sociale dei media$fJohn B. Thompson$gtraduzione di Paola Palminiello 210 $aBologna$cil Mulino$d1998 215 $a367 p.$d22 cm 225 1 $aSaggi$v479 454 0$12001$a<>media and modernity$ea social theory of the media$913571 610 0 $aMezzi di comunicazione di massa$aAspetti sociali 610 0 $aComunicazione$aSociologia 610 0 $aComunicazione e innovazioni tecnologiche$aAspetti sociali 676 $a302.23$v21$zita 676 $a302.2 700 1$aThompson,$bJohn B.$0125262 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990005872350403321 952 $a302.2 THO 1$bBibl.29454$fFLFBC 952 $aCOLLEZ. 75 (479)$b32385$fFSPBC 952 $a302.23 THO 1$b8237$fBFS 952 $a13720 THO$b18149$fSES 959 $aFLFBC 959 $aFSPBC 959 $aBFS 959 $aSES 996 $aMedia and modernity$913571 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03101nam 22006374a 450 001 9910782552103321 005 20230207225856.0 010 $a1-281-95712-7 010 $a9786611957124 010 $a0-226-32722-1 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226327228 035 $a(CKB)1000000000577948 035 $a(EBL)408572 035 $a(OCoLC)476229687 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224807 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11910952 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224807 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10210424 035 $a(PQKB)10442807 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121916 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408572 035 $a(DE-B1597)524809 035 $a(OCoLC)1055416405 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226327228 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408572 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10265888 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195712 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000577948 100 $a20060425d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe postal age$b[electronic resource] $ethe emergence of modern communications in nineteenth-century America /$fDavid M. Henkin 210 $aChicago $cUniversity Of Chicago Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-32720-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-217) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart 1. Joining a Network -- $tPart 2. Postal Intimacy -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aMany 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 606 $aPostal service$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCommunication$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 610 $acommunication, social change, post office, letters, correspondance, postal network, telecommunications, postage, literacy, migration, civil war, gold rush, immigration, race, poverty, junk mail, valentines, antebellum, history, nonfiction, news, urban, family, mass mailing, information, intimacy, connection, distance, pioneers, american west, frontier, labor, travel, relocation, homestead. 615 0$aPostal service$xHistory 615 0$aCommunication$xSocial aspects 676 $a383/.497309034 700 $aHenkin$b David M$01462420 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782552103321 996 $aThe postal age$93671406 997 $aUNINA