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Noise : a human history of sound and listening / David Hendy.

Author/creator Hendy, David author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst U.S. edition.
Publication Info New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2013.
Descriptionxvii, 382 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 336-368) and index.
General note"Based on the BBC Radio 4 series"--Title page verso.
ISBN0062283073
ISBN9780062283078

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Joyner General Stacks BF323 .L5 H46 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold