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    More than words: Readings in transport, communication and the history of postal communication
    More than words: Readings in transport, communication and the history of postal communication
    More than words: Readings in transport, communication and the history of postal communication
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    More than words: Readings in transport, communication and the history of postal communication

    By John Willis

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    More Than Words features the work of more than twenty scholars from Canada and abroad on post-related topics. Drawing on recent trends in social and cultural history, these new essays address the history and importance of the post from such perspectives as infrastructure, technology, nation-building and interpersonal communications.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Ottawa Press
    Release dateJan 1, 2007
    ISBN9781772824377
    More than words: Readings in transport, communication and the history of postal communication

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