{"product_id":"posting-it-the-victorian-revolution-in-letter-writing-9780813035413","title":"Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Catherine J. Golden\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough \"snail mail\" may seem old fashioned and outdated in the twenty-first century, Catherine Golden argues that the creation of the Penny Post in Victorian England was just as revolutionary in its time as e-mail and text messages are today. Until Queen Victoria instituted the Postal Reform Act of 1839, mail was a luxury affordable only by the rich. Allowing anyone, from any social class, to send a letter anywhere in the country for only a penny had multiple and profound cultural impacts. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47607221289111,"sku":"9780813035413","price":3179.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780813035413.webp?v=1775045751","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/posting-it-the-victorian-revolution-in-letter-writing-9780813035413","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}