{"product_id":"9780813047881","title":"Posting It: The Victorian Revolution in Letter Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough \"snail mail\" may seem old fashioned and outdated in the twenty-first century, Catherine Golden argues that the creation of the Penny Post in Victorian England was just as revolutionary in its time as e-mail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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGolden 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":"Default Title","offer_id":47128533565680,"sku":"9780813047881","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780813047881_p0.jpg?v=1763739136","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780813047881","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}