Henkin, David M. <br/><br/>
The postal age :  the emergence of modern communications in nineteenth-century America / 
David M. Henkin. 
 - Chicago :  University Of Chicago Press,  2006. 
 - xv, 221 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-217) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- pt. 1: Joining a network.  Becoming postal : a communications revolution in antebellum America -- Mailable matters : from news to mail -- Playing post office : mail in urban space -- pt. 2: 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226327205 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780226327204 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0226327213 (pbk.) 9780226327211 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006013710 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA671728  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013536636  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Postal service--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Communication--Social aspects--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE6371  / H512p 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>383/.497309034