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Goldblatt, Laura; Handler, Richard
Columbia University Press
, 2023
; English
; 376 Pages
More than three thousand different images appeared on United States postage stamps from the middle of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Limited at first to the depiction of a small cast of characters and patriotic images, postal iconography gradually expanded as the Postal Service sought to depict the country’s history in all its diversity. This vast breadth has helped make stamp collecting a widespread hobby and made stamps into consumer goods in their own right.
Examining the canon of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American stamps, Laura Goldblatt and Richard Handler show how postal iconography and material culture offer a window into the contested meanings and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship. They argue that postage stamps, which are both devices to pay for a government service and purchasable items themselves, embody a crucial tension: is democracy defined by political agency or the freedom to buy? The changing images and uses of stamps reveal how governmental authorities have attempted to navigate between public service and businesslike efficiency, belonging and exclusion, citizenship and consumerism. Stamps are vehicles for state messaging, and what they depict is tied up with broader questions of what it means to be American.
Goldblatt and Handler combine historical, sociological, and iconographic analysis of a vast quantity of stamps with anthropological exploration of how postal customers and stamp collectors behave. At the crossroads of several disciplines, this book casts the symbolic and material meanings of stamps in a wholly new light.
Goldblatt, Laura; Handler, Richard
Columbia University Press
, 2023
; English
; 376 Pages
More than three thousand different images appeared on United States postage stamps from the middle of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Limited at first to the depiction of a small cast of characters and patriotic images, postal iconography gradually expanded as the Postal Service sought to depict the country’s history in all its diversity. This vast breadth has helped make stamp collecting a widespread hobby and made stamps into consumer goods in their own right.
Examining the canon of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American stamps, Laura Goldblatt and Richard Handler show how postal iconography and material culture offer a window into the contested meanings and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship. They argue that postage stamps, which are both devices to pay for a government service and purchasable items themselves, embody a crucial tension: is democracy defined by political agency or the freedom to buy? The changing images and uses of stamps reveal how governmental authorities have attempted to navigate between public service and businesslike efficiency, belonging and exclusion, citizenship and consumerism. Stamps are vehicles for state messaging, and what they depict is tied up with broader questions of what it means to be American.
Goldblatt and Handler combine historical, sociological, and iconographic analysis of a vast quantity of stamps with anthropological exploration of how postal customers and stamp collectors behave. At the crossroads of several disciplines, this book casts the symbolic and material meanings of stamps in a wholly new light.
eBook
王華南
要有光
, 2014
; Traditional Chinese
; 246 Pages
想了解鐵路機關車為什麼令那麼多人為之瘋狂嗎？那麼這本書你千萬不能錯過！ 集郵資歷超過三十年的作者王華南老師，詳盡介紹數十輛英國鐵路機關車故事與歷史，舉凡車輛資料、故事趣聞與重大事件等，無所不談。並搭配上百張珍藏多年來世界各國的經典郵票，絕對讓你大飽眼福。
eBook
王華南
要有光
, 2014
; Traditional Chinese
; 246 Pages
想了解鐵路機關車為什麼令那麼多人為之瘋狂嗎？那麼這本書你千萬不能錯過！ 集郵資歷超過三十年的作者王華南老師，詳盡介紹數十輛英國鐵路機關車故事與歷史，舉凡車輛資料、故事趣聞與重大事件等，無所不談。並搭配上百張珍藏多年來世界各國的經典郵票，絕對讓你大飽眼福。
eBook
王華南
要有光
, 2013
; Traditional Chinese
; 270 Pages
本書為市面上第一本全面性介紹郵票相關知識、集郵技巧的指南工具書，並藉由深廣的郵票專題旁及諸多方面的百科知識，如熱門的中東能源開發、聯合國教科文組織的世界遺產、郵政發展史、航空史、鐵路史、軍事與武器等人文、科普專題。 近千張達人精選特蒐郵票，台灣首次完整呈現── 全世界第一款郵票到底是哪一張？ 寄信也可以做善事嗎？ 人們為什麼不寄平信而寄明信片？ 為什麼有蓋了郵戳卻又沒寄出的郵票呢？ 聽聽郵票又為我們說了哪些故事？ 達人私房課程第一課。從郵票品味世界
eBook
王華南
要有光
, 2013
; Traditional Chinese
; 270 Pages
本書為市面上第一本全面性介紹郵票相關知識、集郵技巧的指南工具書，並藉由深廣的郵票專題旁及諸多方面的百科知識，如熱門的中東能源開發、聯合國教科文組織的世界遺產、郵政發展史、航空史、鐵路史、軍事與武器等人文、科普專題。 近千張達人精選特蒐郵票，台灣首次完整呈現── 全世界第一款郵票到底是哪一張？ 寄信也可以做善事嗎？ 人們為什麼不寄平信而寄明信片？ 為什麼有蓋了郵戳卻又沒寄出的郵票呢？ 聽聽郵票又為我們說了哪些故事？ 達人私房課程第一課。從郵票品味世界
eBook
王華南
要有光
, 2013
; Traditional Chinese
; 176 Pages
西方俗諺：「集郵是王者的嗜好，嗜好中的王者。」
本書將格林童話的故事加以整理改編，配合作者來自世界各地的相關精美郵票收藏，跳脫市面上一般格林童話的插畫風格，希望經由童話故事和郵票圖片的配合，讓讀者透過饒富趣味、平易近人的格林童話，了解郵票的豐富性和美學成就。
看小小方寸的郵票，為我們說出精采豐富的童話故事。
以「格林童話」為主題的收藏郵票，讓讀者體會集郵的趣味性，提升郵票賞析鑑賞的眼光，進入引人入勝的集郵世界。 這就是你愛上集郵的第一本書。
eBook
王華南
要有光
, 2013
; Traditional Chinese
; 176 Pages
西方俗諺：「集郵是王者的嗜好，嗜好中的王者。」
本書將格林童話的故事加以整理改編，配合作者來自世界各地的相關精美郵票收藏，跳脫市面上一般格林童話的插畫風格，希望經由童話故事和郵票圖片的配合，讓讀者透過饒富趣味、平易近人的格林童話，了解郵票的豐富性和美學成就。
看小小方寸的郵票，為我們說出精采豐富的童話故事。
以「格林童話」為主題的收藏郵票，讓讀者體會集郵的趣味性，提升郵票賞析鑑賞的眼光，進入引人入勝的集郵世界。 這就是你愛上集郵的第一本書。
