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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henkin, David M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postal service--United States--History--19th century.

Postal service.

Communication--Social aspects--United States.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University Of Chicago Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1. Joining a Network

Part 2. Postal Intimacy

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-217) and index.

ISBN:

9786611957124

9781281957122

1281957127

9780226327228

0226327221

OCLC:

476229687