A Token of My Affection
Subtitle: Greeting Cards and American Business Culture (Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: November 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780231118781
Subjects: Cultural studies; Printing, packaging & reprographic industry; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Social Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Sociology; USA; Corporate & Business History - General; Economic History; Industries - General; History / United States / General; Popular Culture - General; Business etiquette; Consumption (Economics); Greeting cards industry; History; Social life and customs; United States
First sentence: In his lecture notes for October 16, 1848, David Berdan, a young instructor in linguistics at Brunswick College in New Jersey, carefully formulated his understanding of the crucial distinction between thoughts and language.