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Autore |
Bijsterveld Karin <1961-> |
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Titolo |
Mechanical sound : technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century / / Karin Bijsterveld |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-26854-X |
1-4356-5494-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 350 p.) : ill |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Noise pollution |
Sound - Social aspects - History - 20th century |
Machinery - Noise |
Noise control |
Noise music |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Listening to technology -- Infernal din, heavenly tunes : repertoires of dramatizing sound -- A continuous buzz : the ongoing charge of industrial noise -- Instruments of torture : traffic noise as uncivilized behavior -- The art of noises : the celebration and control of mechanical sound in music -- A wall of sound : the gramophone, the radio, and the noise of neighbors -- A booming business : the search for a practical aircraft noise index -- A sound history of technological culture. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'Mechanical Sound' traces efforts to control unwanted sound - the noise of industry, city traffic, gramophones and radios, and aircraft - from the late 19th to the late 20th century. Karin Bijsterveld argues that a paradox of control has developed, in which only some forms of noise are regulated by experts and governments. |
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