02940oam 22006374a 450 991016273670332120170914133012.097802520991130252099117(CKB)3710000001040870(MiAaPQ)EBC4792730(StDuBDS)EDZ0001724046(OCoLC)960940486(MdBmJHUP)muse57060(Perlego)2382891(EXLCZ)99371000000104087020160916d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Age of Noise in Britain Hearing Modernity /James G. MansellUrbana, Chicaggo, Springfield, [Illinois] :University of Illinois Press,2017.©20171 online resource (195 pages)Studies in sensory historyIncludes index.9780252082184 0252082184 9780252040672 0252040678 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 warfare, the feeling of living in topsy-turvy times arrived via the ear. Yet historians have not listened to the sounds of early twentieth-century Britain nor unravelled what it meant to live in an 'age of noise'. This work turns a critical ear to the 'ways of hearing' operating in Britain between 1914 and 1945 and argues that attempts to shape encounters with everyday sound were expressive of hopes and fears for modernity.Studies in sensory history.NoiseHealth aspectsGreat BritainHistoryNoise controlGreat BritainHistoryCity noiseGreat BritainHistoryIndustrial noiseGreat BritainHistoryNoiseGreat BritainSocial aspectsHistoryGreat BritainCivilizationElectronic books. NoiseHealth aspectsHistory.Noise controlHistory.City noiseHistory.Industrial noiseHistory.NoiseSocial aspectsHistory.363.74094Mansell James G.1244416MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910162736703321The Age of Noise in Britain2886713UNINA