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

Publication Data

• Title Mechanical sound : technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century
• Author Karin Bijsterveld
• Publisher MIT
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Cambridge, Mass.
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Noise pollution
• Sound :: Social aspects :: History :: 20th century
• Machinery :: Noise
• Noise control
• Noise music

Mechanical sound : technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century by Karin Bijsterveld. ISBN 9780262026390. Published by MIT in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.