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200 14$aThe postal age $ethe emergence of modern communications in nineteenth-century America /$fDavid M. Henkin
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aChicago $cUniversity Of Chicago Press$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (238 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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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 
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