Posting it

Description:

"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."--Publisher description.

subjects: Communication and technology,  Postal service, great britain,  Written communication,  Letter writing,  Literature and society,  Material culture,  Great britain, social life and customs,  Great britain, civilization,  History,  Postal service,  Social life and customs,  Civilization