Noise : a human history of sound and listening /: a human history of sound and listening. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Hendy.
• Other Names: Hendy, David
• Contents: Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 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 Rebellion20. 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. Capturing Sound; 25. Life in the City; 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; Epilogue; Notes; Acknowledgements; Index; Footnotes; Chapter 17; ch17fn1a
• Publisher Details: London : Profile
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 electronic document (xv, 382 pages))
• Subjects: 302.2242; Sound -- Social aspects -- History; Listening -- History; Noise; Listening; Klang; Hören; Son -- Aspect social -- Histoire; Socialhistoria; Ljud -- sociala aspekter -- historia; Lyssnande -- historia; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1847659446; 9781847659446
• Related ISBNs: 1781250898; 9781781250891; 0062283081; 9780062283085
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-365) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.