Sound and Safe A History of Listening Behind the Wheel

Karin Bijsterveld, Eefje Cleophas, Stefan Krebs, Gijs Mom

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Publisher's Synopsis

This book traces the full history of noise in and around cars, shows how we created auditory privacy in our cars, even though they were highly noisy things at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is about the sounds of car engines, tires, wipers, blinkers, warning signals, in-car audio systems and, ultimately, about how we became used to listen while driving.

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Oxford University Press

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Book information

ISBN:	9780199925704
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	01 Nov 2013
DEWEY:	629.231
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	1 online resource (viii, 232 )
Weight:	-1g