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The Postal Age: The Emergence of Modern Communications in Nineteenth-Century America

The Postal Age: The Emergence of Modern Communications in Nineteenth-Century America

Henkin, David M.

Paperback

19th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0226327213
ISBN13: 9780226327211
Publisher: Univ Of Chicago Pr
Published: Sep 1 2007
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.59 Width: 6.48 Depth: 8.93
Language: English
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 of everyday life. Through original correspondence and public discussions from the time period, Henkin tells the story of how Americans adjusted to a new world of long-distance correspondence, crowded post offices, junk mail, valentines, and dead letters. Throughout, The Postal Age paints a vibrant picture of a society where possibilities proliferated for personal and impersonal communications.

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