LEADER 01900nam 22003853 450 001 9910795246703321 005 20230629225104.0 010 $a1-78914-485-X 035 $a(CKB)4940000000610337 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6716019 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6716019 035 $a(BIP)081428170 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000610337 100 $a20210901d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPostcards $eThe Rise and Fall of the World's First Social Network 210 1$aLondon :$cReaktion Books, Limited,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021. 215 $a1 online resource (233 pages) 311 $a1-78914-484-1 330 8 $aA global exploration of postcards as artifacts at the intersection of history, science, technology, art, and culture.Postcards are usually associated with banal holiday pleasantries, but they are made possible by sophisticated industries and institutions, from printers to postal services. When they were invented, postcards established what is now taken for granted in modern times: the ability to send and receive messages around the world easily and inexpensively. Fundamentally they are about creating personal connections--links between people, places, and beliefs. Lydia Pyne examines postcards on a global scale, to understand them as artifacts that are at the intersection of history, science, technology, art, and culture. In doing so, she shows how postcards were the first global social network and also, here in the twenty-first century, how postcards are not yet extinct. 517 $aPostcards 676 $a741.683 700 $aPyne$b Lydia$01252628 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795246703321 996 $aPostcards$93700780 997 $aUNINA