Noise : a human history of sound and listening / David Hendy.
| Author/creator | Hendy, David author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First U.S. edition. |
| Publication | New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2013. |
| Description | xvii, 382 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: I.Prehistoric Voiceprints -- 1.Echoes in the Dark -- 2.The Beat of Drums -- 3.The Singing Wilderness -- 4.A Ritual Soundscape -- 5.The Rise of the Shamans -- II.The Age of Oratory -- 6.Epic Tales -- 7.Persuasion -- 8.Babble: The Noisy, Everyday World of Ancient Rome -- 9.The Roaring Crowd -- 10.The Ecstatic Underground -- III.Sounds of the Spirit and of Satan -- 11.The Bells -- 12.Tuning the Body -- 13.Heavenly Sounds -- 14.Carnival -- 15.Restraint -- IV.Power and Revolt -- 16.Colonists -- 17.Shutting In -- 18.Master and Servant -- 19.Slavery and Rebellion -- 20.Revolution and War -- V.The Rise of the Machines -- 21.The Conquering Engines: Industrial Revolution -- 22.The Beat of a Heart, the Tramp of a Fly -- 23.The New Art of Listening -- 24.Life in the City -- 25.Capturing Sound -- VI.The Amplified Age -- 26.Shell Shock -- 27.Radio Everywhere! -- 28.Music While You Shop, Music While You Work -- 29.An Ever Noisier World -- 30.The Search for Silence. |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-368) and index. |
| General note | "Based on the BBC Radio 4 series"--Title page verso. |
| ISBN | 0062283073 |
| ISBN | 9780062283078 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | BF323 .L5 H46 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |