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Postcards : The Rise and Fall of the World's First Social Network



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Autore: Pyne Lydia Visualizza persona
Titolo: Postcards : The Rise and Fall of the World's First Social Network Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2021
©2021
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 pages)
Disciplina: 741.683
Sommario/riassunto: A 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.
Altri titoli varianti: Postcards
Titolo autorizzato: Postcards  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-78914-485-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809881703321
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