| Physical description |
912 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1.Ahem! --- Clearing the Throat -- 2."Noise Spokes"--- The Tonkin Gulf -- 3.SHHH ... bang! From the Age of Four -- 4.Boing -- ROUND ONE EVERYWHERE -- 1.Tschitschatschots, or Soundbites -- 2.All Over (Echoes) A Lover -- 3.Roaring Shrieking Bleating: Aftersounds -- 4.Squeaking, Whistling, Listening Through -- 5.Earwork and the Buzz -- 6.Borborygmus---Audio Out -- 7.Tears Music -- 8.Moans Groans Sighs Sex -- 9.Cries ... Creaks ... Shudders ... Sensibilities -- 10.The Gasp The Hiss The Listening For -- 11.Cacophony ]"I will not hear you"[ -- 12.Twang Movements of the Inner Ear -- 13.[silence] -- 14.Stethoscopies of Stertor and Rale -- 15.Clap + Rap = Audience -- 16.Beaters, Grinders, Bangers, Clashers, Worriers -- 17.Shrill -- ROUND TWO EVERYWHEN, EVERYONE -- 1.Night (h)Owls -- 2.Lulls -- 3.Bells -- 4.Tells -- 5.Spells -- 6.Shells -- 7.Ills -- 8.Scale -- 9.Spills & Thrills -- 10.Squalls -- 11.Electricals -- 12.Visuals -- 13.Personals -- 14.Walls -- |
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Contents note continued: 15.Phenomenologicals -- 16.Julia, a Quadrille (in Five Figures) -- 1.Morse the Malacologist -- 2.Girdner the Populist -- 3.Rice the Pianist -- 4.Julia Barnett and Isaac the Venture Capitalist -- 5.Julia and Everyone Else -- 17.All in All -- ROUND THREE EVERYHOW -- 1.Ethnosonographies -- 2.Sonotherapies -- 3.Silences -- 4.Loudspeakers -- 5.Zones -- 6.Decibels Sones Phons -- 7.Auroscope -- 8.Inhearancy -- 9.Oceans -- 10.The Fetal Sac -- 11.Quiet Noisy Books -- 12.Civil Defense -- 13.Cosmotology -- 14.Colors -- 15.Economies -- 16.Memory -- 17.Exit Line. |
| Subject |
Noise pollution -- History.
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Noise -- Psychological aspects.
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Noise in literature.
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Sounds -- Psychological aspects.
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Sound -- Social aspects.
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Sound -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781935408123 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
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1935408127 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
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