V---2nd, Epilogue

[Ian Livingston]

So V. would have been 76 in '56.

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I once knew the book a little too,,,but
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> this stuff I posted just comes from Wikipedia and goes beyond Kandratieff
> stuff...........
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> From: Richard Ryan <himself at richardryan.com>
> To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 9:17:39 AM
> Subject: Re: V---2nd, Epilogue
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> What's the source of the Kondratieff Wave material Mark?  (I've had
> some exposure to KW theory through Rostow's writings on technical and
> economic history, which make use of it....)
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> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Did the author of V. believe in some kind of cyclical curve in (Western)
>> History?
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>> key times are @ 18-20 years apart.
>> 1880    --V born
>> 1901    --Stencil born
>> 1919    --Epilogue
>>  Two jumps = 1956 present of V.
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>> From an article on the Kondratieff Wave ( 50-60 years long)
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>> This first ob says something about the present in V., yes?
>> World long cycle peak
>> The highest GDP growth rates in the last two cycles occurred from the 1950s to
>> 1960s. The peak growth plateau was just over 5% annual GDP.[6]
>> [edit]Western world peak technological progress: 1870 to 1914
>> There is considerable evidence that the period called the Second Industrial
>> Revolution was the high point for the development of economically important
>> technologies. The time lag for the diffusion of these technologies would
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>> in U.S. peak productivity growth at some time in the period between 1928 and
>> 1950.[33]
>> Unlike the First Industrial Revolution, the technologies of the Second were
>> solidly based in science. During Smil's “Age of Synergy” for the first time
>> there was a scientific understanding of chemistry, thermodynamics and the
>> unification of light, electricity and magnetism through Maxwell's
>> electromagnetic theory. Electricity generation, electric motors and lights,
>> radio, the steam turbine, the chemical industry, Haber-Bosch ammonia
> synthesis,
>> internal combustion and inexpensive steel making processes were notable major
>> technologies developed during this era.[34]
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