TY  - BOOK
AU  - Henkin,David M.
TI  - The postal age: the emergence of modern communications in nineteenth-century America 
SN  - 0226327205 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - HE6371 H512p 2006
U1  - 383/.497309034 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University Of Chicago Press
KW  - Postal service
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Communication
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-217) and index; 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
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