03062oam 2200697Ia 450 991078214810332120190503073344.00-262-26854-X1-4356-5494-3(CKB)1000000000536339(SSID)ssj0000200075(PQKBManifestationID)12023894(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200075(PQKBWorkID)10196657(PQKB)11570030(StDuBDS)EDZ0000131149(MiAaPQ)EBC4524476(OCoLC)244796047(OCoLC)991982501(OCoLC)1055337249(OCoLC)1058133523(OCoLC)1059030925(OCoLC)1066493642(OCoLC)1081254724(OCoLC)1096230264(OCoLC-P)244796047(MaCbMITP)7711(Au-PeEL)EBL4524476(CaPaEBR)ebr11354243(OCoLC)244796047(EXLCZ)99100000000053633920080902d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrMechanical sound technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century /Karin BijsterveldCambridge, Mass. MIT Press©20081 online resource (xii, 350 p.) illInside technologyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-262-02639-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.'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.Inside technology.Noise pollutionSoundSocial aspectsHistory20th centuryMachineryNoiseNoise controlNoise musicSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/GeneralSCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of TechnologyARCHITECTURE/Urban DesignNoise pollution.SoundSocial aspectsHistoryMachineryNoise.Noise control.Noise music.620.2Bijsterveld Karin1961-860578OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910782148103321Mechanical sound3846698UNINA