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The postal age : the emergence of modern communications in nineteenth-century America /
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 inte...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University Of Chicago Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 221 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226327228 0226327221 1281957127 9781281957122 9786611957124 661195712X |