Spreading the News
Douban
ISBN: 9780674833425
écrit par:
Richard R. John
édition:
Harvard University Press
date de publication: 1998
-11
prix: USD 40.00
nombre de pages: 384
The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse
Richard R. John
résumé
This text tells the story of the communications revolution spurred by the American postal system and the challenge it posed for American business, politics and cultural life. From its establishment in 1775 to the commercialization of the electric telegraph in 1844 the system caused a revolution no less far-reaching then the subsequent revolutions associated with the telegraph, telephone or computer.