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Extraction Summary
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Summary
This document appears to be a page (136) from a book or academic text included in a House Oversight investigation production. It discusses the sociological and economic impacts of transportation speed, referencing concepts like 'Space-Time Compression' and 'Space-Time Convergence' by scholars Donald Janelle, Marx, and Paul Virilio. The text argues that the acceleration of travel (rail, air) diminishes the importance of geography and that mastering speed is a source of power and wealth.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Turner | Historian (Implied) |
Quoted regarding the American frontier.
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| Marx | Philosopher/Economist |
Quoted regarding 'the annihilation of space by time'.
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| Donald Janelle | American Sociologist |
Identified 'Space-Time Compression' in 1965; analyzed transportation technologies and economics.
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| Paul Virilio | Philosopher |
Framed the concept that 'Absolute speed is absolute power'.
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| David Harvey | Geographer |
Mentioned in footnote for renaming 'Space-Time Convergence' to 'Space Time Compression'.
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| John Armitage | Editor |
Cited in footnote 197 as editor of The Virilio Dictionary.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Edinburgh University Press |
Publisher cited in footnote 197.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Locations (2)
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American frontier
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Mentioned in the opening quote by Turner.
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Location of publisher in footnote.
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Relationships (1)
Harvey renamed Janelle's concept of Space-Time Convergence to Space Time Compression.
Key Quotes (5)
"The most significant thing about the American frontier... is that it lies at the hither edge of free land."Source
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"The faster your speed, the less distance matters."Source
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"Marx called the process 'the annihilation of space by time'."Source
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"Great fortunes would accumulate to those who mastered speed."Source
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"Absolute speed is absolute power, as the philosopher Paul Virilio has framed it."Source
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