Postcards: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Social Network - Couverture rigide

Pyne, Lydia

 
9781789144840: Postcards: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Social Network
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ISBN 10 : 1789144841 ISBN 13 : 9781789144840
Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2021

Synopsis

Although postcards are usually associated with cheeky seaside tableaus and banal holiday pleasantries, they are made possible by sophisticated industries and institutions, from printers to postal services. When they were invented postcards established what is now taken for granted in modern times: the ability to send and receive messages around the world easily and inexpensively. Fundamentally they are about creating personal connections connections between people, places and beliefs. This book examines postcards on a global scale, to understand them as artifacts that are at the intersection of history, science, technology, art and culture. It shows how postcards were the first global social network and also, here in the twenty\-first century, how postcards are not yet extinct.

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À propos de l?auteur

Lydia Pyne is an affiliate researcher at the Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her previous books include Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Can Teach Us About Real Stuff (2019).

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Éditeur
Reaktion Books
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1789144841
ISBN 13 
9781789144840
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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