FA-51427-05 | Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers | Jeffrey Schnapp | A Cultural History of the Concept of Velocity | 7/1/2006 - 3/31/2007 | $40,000.00 | Jeffrey | | Schnapp | | | | Stanford University | Stanford | CA | 94305-2004 | USA | 2004 | Comparative Literature | Fellowships for University Teachers | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
I propose to write the first cultural history of velocity in Western culture: from the ancient Greek & Roman identification of speed with god-like agents to the coaching revolution of the 18th-19th centuries to the rise of mechanized conveyances and modern transportation networks in the 19th-20th centuries to the contemporary information revolution. |