Posting It

Posting It
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Publisher : University Press of Florida
Total Pages : 434
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ISBN-10 : 9780813047881
ISBN-13 : 0813047889
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Book Synopsis Posting It by : Catherine J Golden

Download or read book Posting It written by Catherine J Golden and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2009-10-04 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although "snail mail" may seem old fashioned and outdated in the twenty-first century, Catherine Golden argues that the creation of the Penny Post in Victorian England was just as revolutionary in its time as e-mail and text messages are today. Until Queen Victoria instituted the Postal Reform Act of 1839, mail was a luxury affordable only by the rich. Allowing anyone, from any social class, to send a letter anywhere in the country for only a penny had multiple and profound cultural impacts. Golden demonstrates how cheap postage--which was quickly adopted in other countries--led to a postal "network" that can be viewed as a forerunner of computer-mediated communications. Indeed, the revolution in letter writing of the nineteenth century led to blackmail, frauds, unsolicited mass mailings, and junk mail--problems that remain with us today.


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