The Age of Noise in Britain : Hearing Modernity /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mansell, James G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Raumklang
Lärmbelastung
Lärm
Geräuschkulisse
Geräusch
Noise > Social aspects.
Noise > Health aspects.
Noise control.
Industrial noise.
Civilization.
City noise.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Bruit > Lutte contre > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Villes > Bruit > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Bruit industriel > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Bruit > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Noise > Health aspects > Great Britain > History.
Noise control > Great Britain > History.
City noise > Great Britain > History.
Industrial noise > Great Britain > History.
Noise > Social aspects > Great Britain > History.
Grossbritannien
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation.
Great Britain > Civilization.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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