The unwanted sound of everything we want : a book about noise / Garret Keizer.

  • Keizer, Garret
Date:
[2010]
  • Books

About this work

Description

"In a journey that leads us from the primeval Tanzanian veldt to the modern streets of Mumbai, from the world's biggest motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota, to wind farms in Maine, Keizer invites us to listen to noise in history, in popular culture, and not least of all in our own backyards"--Jacket.

Publication/Creation

New York : PublicAffairs, [2010]

Physical description

viii, 385 pages ; 25 cm

Contributors

Contents

Noise is interested in you -- The unwanted sound of everything we want -- The noise of political animals -- What the Python said: prehistory to the eve of the industrial age -- What Laura heard: the industrial age to the present -- Their world too: noise today -- Loud America -- Sustainability and celebration -- The most beautiful sound in the world.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-367) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    AFT /KEI
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 1610391101
  • 9781610391108