Book ID: CBB000201570

The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900--1933 (2002)

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Thompson, Emily Ann (Author)


The MIT Press


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: ix + 500 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English

Description “In this history of aural culture in early-twentieth-century America, Emily Thompson charts dramatic transformations in what people heard and how they listened.… [Examines] the technologies that produced this sound, as well as the culture that … consumed it.” (from publisher's website)


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Review Schatzberg, Eric (2004) Review of "The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900--1933". Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences (p. 173). unapi

Review Kline, Ronald (2003) Review of "The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900--1933". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 551). unapi

Review Pemberton, Neil (2004) Review of "The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900--1933". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 113). unapi

Essay Review Johnson, Ann (2005) Revisiting Technology as Knowledge. Perspectives on Science (pp. 554-573). unapi

Essay Review Braun, Hans-Joachim (2004) Modern Sounds. Social Studies of Science (pp. 809-817). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wilson, Preston S.
Dolder, Craig N.
Beltrami, Cesare
Chowning, John M.
Wishart, Trevor
Thompson, Emily
Concepts
Acoustics
Music
Physics
Harmony (music theory)
Musical instruments
Technology and music
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
20th century
18th century
17th century
Places
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Norway
Italy
France
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