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Postal Culture: Writing and Reading Letters in Post-Unification Italy

Postal Culture: Writing and Reading Letters in Post-Unification Italy

Romani, Gabriella

Hardcover

Series: Toronto Italian Studies

Biographies GeneralGeneral Gender StudiesItalian History

ISBN10: 1442647086
ISBN13: 9781442647084
Publisher: Univ Of Toronto Pr
Published: Dec 5 2013
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.25
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The nationalization of the postal service in Italy transformed post-unification letter writing as a cultural medium. Both a harbinger of progress and an expanded, more efficient means of circulating information, the national postal service served as a bridge between the private world of personal communication and the public arena of information exchange and production of public opinion. As a growing number of people read and wrote letters, they became part of a larger community that regarded the letter not only as an important channel in the process of information exchange, but also as a necessary instrument in the education and modernization of the nation.

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