In My Power : Letter Writing and Communications in Early America.
Dierks, Konstantin.
In My Power : Letter Writing and Communications in Early America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (377 pages) - Early American Studies . - Early American Studies .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Communications and Empire -- Chapter 2. Letter Writing and Commercial Revolution -- Chapter 3. Migration and Empire -- Chapter 4. Letter Writing and Consumer Revolution -- Chapter 5. Revolution and War -- Chapter 6. Universalism and the Epistolary Divide -- Conclusion -- Afterword: The Burden of Early American History -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
In an era of bewildering geographical mobility, economic metamorphosis, and political upheaval, the proliferation of letter writing and the development of a communications infrastructure enabled middle-class Britons and Americans to rise to advantage in the British Atlantic world.
9780812201758
American letters-18th century-History and criticism.
Letter writing-United States-History-18th century.
American letters-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS416 -- .D54 2009eb
816/.309
In My Power : Letter Writing and Communications in Early America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (377 pages) - Early American Studies . - Early American Studies .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Communications and Empire -- Chapter 2. Letter Writing and Commercial Revolution -- Chapter 3. Migration and Empire -- Chapter 4. Letter Writing and Consumer Revolution -- Chapter 5. Revolution and War -- Chapter 6. Universalism and the Epistolary Divide -- Conclusion -- Afterword: The Burden of Early American History -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
In an era of bewildering geographical mobility, economic metamorphosis, and political upheaval, the proliferation of letter writing and the development of a communications infrastructure enabled middle-class Britons and Americans to rise to advantage in the British Atlantic world.
9780812201758
American letters-18th century-History and criticism.
Letter writing-United States-History-18th century.
American letters-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS416 -- .D54 2009eb
816/.309