Mechanical sound : technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century / / Karin Bijsterveld

• Autore: Bijsterveld Karin <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 350 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 620.2
• Soggetto topico: Noise pollution; Sound - Social aspects - History - 20th century; Machinery - Noise; Noise control; Noise music
• Soggetto non controllato: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General; SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology; ARCHITECTURE/Urban Design
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: '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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mechanical sound
• ISBN: 0-262-26854-X; 1-4356-5494-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782148103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Inside technology.