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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jordan, Matthew F. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Klaxon Company > History.
Automobiles > Horns.
City noise > United States > History.
Automobiles > Avertisseurs sonores.
Villes > Bruit > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
Automobiles > Horns
City noise
United States
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Soundscapes and Schematics
  • Sound Competition: Make Way for the Automobile
  • First Encounters: Sound in the Age of the Electrical Signal
  • Klaxon and the Rise of Modern Advertising
  • Klaxon and the Mutable Law of the Technology Business
  • Danger Sound Klaxon: Localizing the International Brand of the Future
  • Sounding the Alarm: Klaxon in the Trenches
  • Sidewalk Blues: The Klaxon in Diminuendo
  • Conclusion: Quieting the Klaxon

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