Book ID: CBB000930100

The Postal Age: The Emergence of Modern Communications in Nineteenth-Century America (2006)

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Henkin, David M. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xv + 221 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Hochfelder, David (2008) Review of "The Postal Age: The Emergence of Modern Communications in Nineteenth-Century America". Journal of American History (p. 1256). unapi

Review Adelman, Joseph M. (2008) Review of "The Postal Age: The Emergence of Modern Communications in Nineteenth-Century America". Technology and Culture (p. 272). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Kathke, Torsten
Cameron Blevins
Starosielski, Nicole
Hagen Schönrich
IEEW,
Hellemans, Frank
Journals
Telematics and Informatics
Technology and Culture
Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari: Studies in Ottoman Science
Journal of the Communications Network
History and Technology
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Duke University Press
Ohio University
Transcript Verlag
Springer
Society for the History of Technology and the American Historical Association
Concepts
Telecommunications
Technology
Telegraphs; telephones
Communication
Methods of communication; media
Mail delivery
People
Napoleon I, Emperor of France
Hennock, Frieda Barkin
Ekinci, Salih Zeki
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
18th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Western states (U.S.)
Spain
France
Europe
Ottoman Empire
Institutions
United States Postal Service (USPS)
German Federal Post Office
Minitel
International Business Machines Corporation
United States Federal Communications Commission
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