The postal age
Subtitle: the emergence of modern communications in nineteenth-century America
By: David M. Henkin.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Description: '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.