Posting it : the Victorian revolution in letter writing

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Posting it : the Victorian revolution in letter writing

Title remainder

the Victorian revolution in letter writing

Statement of responsibility

Catherine J. Golden

Creator

• Golden, Catherine

Subject

• Postal service -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Written communication -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Letter writing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Great Britain -- Civilization -- 19th century
• Communication and technology -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Material culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
• Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

Language

eng

Summary

"Until Queen Victoria instituted the Postal Reform Act of 1839, mail was a luxury affordable only by the rich. 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."--From publisher description

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 816/.809941
• 826.809

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

P96.T422

LC item number

G75 2009

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography