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FA-51427-05 Fellowships for University Teachers Research Programs
Totals: $40,000 (approved)$40,000 (awarded)
Grant period: 7/1/2006 – 3/31/2007
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.