TY - BOOK ID - 78109007 TI - The Age of Noise in Britain : Hearing Modernity PY - 2017 SN - 0252099117 9780252099113 9780252040672 0252040678 9780252082184 0252082184 PB - Urbana, Chicaggo, Springfield, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, DB - UniCat KW - Noise KW - Noise control KW - City noise KW - Industrial noise KW - Sound KW - Silence KW - Noise prevention KW - Acoustical engineering KW - Environmental engineering KW - Cities and towns KW - Urban noise KW - Factories KW - Factory noise KW - Industries KW - Health aspects KW - History. KW - Social aspects KW - Great Britain KW - Civilization. KW - Social aspects&delete& KW - History KW - Health aspects&delete& UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78109007 AB - Early twentieth-century Britons thought that they were living in the 'age of noise,' sensing the historical changes going on around them as a series of disturbing shifts in the sonic atmosphere. From motorcar engines and wireless loudspeakers to the terrifying interruptions of mechanized warfare, the feeling of living in topsy-turvy times arrived via the ear. Yet historians have not listened to the sounds of early twentieth-century Britain nor unravelled what it meant to live in an 'age of noise'. This work turns a critical ear to the 'ways of hearing' operating in Britain between 1914 and 1945 and argues that attempts to shape encounters with everyday sound were expressive of hopes and fears for modernity. ER -