The Age of Noise in Britain: Hearing Modernity

(Part of the Studies in Sensory History Series)

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Sound transformed British life in the "age of noise" between 1914 and 1945. The sonic maelstrom of mechanized society bred anger and anxiety and even led observers to forecast the end of civilization. The noise was, as James G. Mansell shows, modernity itself, expressed in aural form, with immense implications for the construction of the self. Tracing the ideas, feelings, and representations prompted by life in early twentieth century Britain, Mansell...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252082184

ISBN13:9780252082184

Release Date:December 2016

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:246 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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The Age of Noise in Britain: Hearing Modernity

(Part of the Studies in Sensory History Series)

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