Undressing the death scene, and other puzzling communication about culture that James Carey bequeathed me

This essay chronicles four lessons (or puzzles) that James Carey 'left' to the author. These lessons pertain to Carey's account of communication as culture, the salience of that account with respect to the changing meanings and objectives of the 'liberal arts' and sciences, Carey's view of the relation between time and space (history and geography), and the suggestiveness of Carey's interest in the relation between communication and transportation. Chronicling these lessons or puzzles (and Carey's story) leads the author to reflect on the history of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies in the US.