The Soundscape of Modernity - Table of Contents

April 2002
8 x 9, 510 pp., 117 illus.
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ISBN-10:
0-262-20138-0
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-20138-4

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The Soundscape of Modernity
Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933
Emily Thompson

	Acknowledgments Sample Chapter - Download PDF (20 KB)	vii

1	Introduction: Sound, Modernity, and History Sample Chapter - Download PDF (60 KB)	1

2	The Origins of Modern Acoustics	13

3	The New Acoustics, 1900-1933	59

4	Noise and Modern Culture, 1900-1933	115

5	Acoustical Materials and Modern Architecture, 1900-1933	169

6	Electroacoustics and Modern Sound, 1900-1933	229

7	Conclusion: Rockefeller Center and the End of an Era	295

	Coda	317

	Notes	325

	Bibliography	425

	Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (93 KB)	471

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