Danger Sound Klaxon! : The Horn That Changed History /

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"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jordan, Matthew F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Klaxon Company > History.
City noise.
Automobiles > Horns.
City noise > United States > History.
Automobiles > Horns > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (274 pages): illustrations (some color) ;
ISBN:9780813947976

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