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Danger sound Klaxon : the horn that changed history /
"Danger Sound Klaxon tells the story of the Klaxon automobile horn, one of the first great electrical consumer technologies of the twentieth century, and it examines the problem of using sound to communicate in an increasingly noisy automobile-centered modernity. By charting the rise and eventu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
2023.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Danger Sound Klaxon tells the story of the Klaxon automobile horn, one of the first great electrical consumer technologies of the twentieth century, and it examines the problem of using sound to communicate in an increasingly noisy automobile-centered modernity. By charting the rise and eventual fall of the Klaxon, the author highlights how perceptions of sound-producing technologies are guided by and transform due to public debate, consumer discourses, and governmental regulations"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813947979 9780813947976 |