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Noise : a human history of sound and listening / David Hendy.
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Hendy, David
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Format
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Language
English
Εdition
First U.S. edition.
Published/Created
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2013]
Description
xvii, 382 pages ; 24 cm
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Mendel Music Library - Stacks
P96.S66 H46 2013
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Sound
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Social aspects
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History
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Listening
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History
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Noise
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History
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Noise
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Sound
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Summary note
Tracing the story of humanity through sound, discusses how humans have learned to communicate with, understand, and live alongside each other and reveals how lives are shaped by what is heard as well as by a need to be heard.
Notes
"Based on the BBC Radio 4 series"--Title page verso.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-368) and index.
Contents
Prehistoric voiceprints
The age of oratory
Sounds of the spirit and of Satan
Power and revolt
The rise of the machines
The amplified age.
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ISBN
9780062283078
0062283073
OCLC
828056208
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