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Mechanical sound technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century

Title
Mechanical sound [electronic resource] : technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century / Karin Bijsterveld.
Author
Bijsterveld, Karin, 1961-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 350 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Inside technology
Uniform Title
Mechanical sound (Online)
Alternative Title
Mechanical sound (Online)
Subject
  • Noise pollution
  • Sound > Social aspects > History > 20th century
  • Machinery > Noise
  • Noise control
  • Noise music > History and criticism
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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