Bijsterveld, Karin, 1961-
Mechanical sound : technology, culture, and public problems of noise in the twentieth century / Karin Bijsterveld.
'Mechanical Sound' traces efforts to control unwanted sound - the noise of industry, city traffic, gramophones and radios, and aircraft - from the late 19th to the late 20th century. Karin Bijsterveld argues that a paradox of control has developed, in which only some forms of noise are regulated by experts and governments.
Noise pollution.
Sound -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Machinery -- Noise.
Noise control.
Noise music -- History and criticism.