Mechanical sound : technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Karin Bijsterveld
- ناشر : Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2008
- شابک / ISBN : 9780262026390
Description
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.
Book : EnglishView all editions and formats Summary: 'Mechanical Sound' traces efforts to control unwanted sound - the noise of industry, city traffic, gramophones and radios, and aircraft - from the late 19th to the late 20th century. Karin Bijsterveld argues that a paradox of control has developed, in which only some forms of noise are regulated by experts and governments.
