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Bijsterveld, Karin,1961-

MIT Press

c2008

xii, 350 p. ill. 24 cm

Inside technology

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-314) 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