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

by Lydia Pyne

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 eas

Publisher

Reaktion Books, Limited

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

256

ISBN

9781789144840