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The Age of Noise in Britain : Hearing Modernity /

Early twentieth-century Britons thought that they were living in the 'age of noise,' sensing the historical changes going on around them as a series of disturbing shifts in the sonic atmosphere. From motorcar engines and wireless loudspeakers to the terrifying interruptions of mechanized w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mansell, James G. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Modernity as crisis: noise and nerves
  • Re-enchanting modernity: techniques of magical sound
  • Creating the sonically rational: modern interventions in everyday aurality
  • National acoustics: total listening in the Second World War.