Nineteenth-Century Communications: Volume III: Cultures of Communication (1)

Synopsis

This volume illuminates some of the manifold ways in which Britain’s communication infrastructure affected everyday life in nineteenth-century Britain. Accordingly, it highlights socio-economic, cultural, and material repercussions of selected aspects of mediated communication. It covers: The rise and role of the communication worker and the Post Office’s status as Britain’s largest employer as well as pioneering employer of women. The campaigns surrounding Sunday labour. The connections between new leisure opportunities and activities and new media of communication such as the postcard. Concerns about morally suspect uses of new media and technologies of communication, e.g. the use of the telegraph for gambling. The presence of changing communication practices in material culture, e.g. the increasing popularity of greeting cards and new types of stationery.

Copyright:

2026

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

650 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781040352144

Related ISBNs:

9781040352113, 9781003036081, 9780367477103

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

09/30/25

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Kathleen McIlvenna, Karin Koehler, Eleanor Hopkins, Nicola Kirkby, Ellen Smith and Harriet M. Thompson

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Kathleen McIlvenna

Edited by:

Ellen Smith

Edited by:

Karin Koehler

Edited by:

Eleanor Hopkins

Edited by:

Nicola Kirkby

Edited by:

Harriet M. Thompson