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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.

Noise --- Noise control --- City noise --- Industrial noise --- Sound --- Silence --- Noise prevention --- Acoustical engineering --- Environmental engineering --- Cities and towns --- Urban noise --- Factories --- Factory noise --- Industries --- Health aspects --- History. --- Social aspects --- Great Britain --- Civilization. --- Social aspects&delete& --- History --- Health aspects&delete&

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"This Reader provides a comprehensive resource guide to the films, filmmakers and social and cultural importance of the GPO Film Unit. In addition to original essays by leading film and cultural historians, the volume reprints rare archival material about the work of the Unit, as well as a GPO filmography and profiles of key figures."--

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Long ignored by scholars in the humanities, sound has just begun to take its place as an important object of study in the last few years. Since the late 19th century, there has been a paradigmatic shift in auditory cultures and practices in European societies. This change was brought about by modern phenomena such as urbanization, industrialization and mechanization, the rise of modern sciences, and of course the emergence of new sound recording and transmission media. This book contributes to our understanding of modern European history through the lens of sound by examining diverse subjects

Sound --- Hearing --- Noise --- Social change --- Son --- Audition (Physiologie) --- Bruit --- Changement social --- Social aspects --- History --- Recording and reproducing --- History. --- Aspect social --- Histoire --- Enregistrement et reproduction --- Europe --- Civilization --- Social life and customs. --- Social conditions. --- Civilisation --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Conditions sociales --- Acoustics --- Continuum mechanics --- Mathematical physics --- Physics --- Pneumatics --- Radiation --- Wave-motion, Theory of