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Mechanical sound : technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century /
'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 reg...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Inside technology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | '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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 350 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-314) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262268547 026226854X 9781435654945 1435654943 |