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

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'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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bijsterveld, Karin, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Colección:Inside technology.
Temas:
1900-1999
Noise pollution.
Sound > Social aspects > History > 20th century.
Machinery > Noise.
Noise control.
Noise music.
Pollution par le bruit.
Machines > Bruit.
Bruit > Lutte contre.
Noise (Musique)
noise pollution.
noise control.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Acoustics & Sound.
Machinery > Noise
Noise control
Noise music
Noise pollution
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology
ARCHITECTURE/Urban Design
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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