- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 350 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- Inside technology
- Uniform Title
- Mechanical sound (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Mechanical sound (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-314) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Listening to technology -- Infernal din, heavenly tunes : repertoires of dramatizing sound -- A continuous buzz : the ongoing charge of industrial noise -- Instruments of torture : traffic noise as uncivilized behavior -- The art of noises : the celebration and control of mechanical sound in music -- A wall of sound : the gramophone, the radio, and the noise of neighbors -- A booming business : the search for a practical aircraft noise index -- A sound history of technological culture.
- LCCN
- 2007037600
- OCLC
- ssj0000200075
- Author
Bijsterveld, Karin, 1961-
- Title
Mechanical sound [electronic resource] : technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century / Karin Bijsterveld.
- Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
- Series
Inside technology
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-314) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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