Book 2008

Postal Age

Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 2008

Communication
Postal service
History
Postal service, united states
Communication, social aspects
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Communication Studies
Social aspects

'The Postal Age' paints a vibrant picture of a society where possibilities proliferated for the kinds of personal and impersonal communications that we often associate with more recent historical periods. In doing so, it increases our understanding of both antebellum America and our own chapter in the history of communication.