The postal age : the emergence of modern communications in nineteenth-century America / / David M. Henkin

• Autore: Henkin David M
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University Of Chicago Press, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 383/.497309034
• Soggetto topico: Postal service - United States - History - 19th century; Communication - Social aspects - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-217) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Joining a Network -- Part 2. Postal Intimacy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Many 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The postal age
• ISBN: 9786611957124; 9781281957122; 1281957127; 9780226327228; 0226327221
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910963485203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II