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

Name: Postal Age The Emergence of Modern Communications in Nineteenth-Century America
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ISBN: 9780226327211

ISBN-10: 0226327213

ISBN-13: 9780226327211

Edition: 2007

Authors: David M. Henkin

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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 inThe 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,…

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List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 238
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.91" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

David Henkin is assistant professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Joining a Network



Becoming Postal: A Communications Revolution in Antebellum America



Mailable Matters: From News to Mail



Playing Post Office: Mail in Urban Space



Postal Intimacy



Embracing Opportunities: The Construction of the Personal Letter



Precious as Gold: Mobility and Family in the Gold Rush and Civil War



Mass Mailings: Valentines, Junk Mail, and Dead Letters


Epilogue


Notes


Index