Nineteenth-Century Communications: A Documentary History 1780–1918

<p>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:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>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.</li> <p> </p> <li>The campaigns surrounding Sunday labour.</li> <p> </p> <li>The connections between new leisure opportunities and activities and new media of communication such as the postcard.</li> <p> </p> <li>Concerns about morally suspect uses of new media and technologies of communication e.g. the use of the telegraph for gambling.</li> <li>The presence of changing communication practices in material culture e.g. the increasing popularity of greeting cards and new types of stationery.</li> </ul>