The Age of Noise in Britain

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESSISBN: 9780252082184

Hearing Modernity

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By James G Mansell
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"James Mansell's remarkably clear, wonderfully detailed, even occasionally droll examination of the sensing self in industrial modernity makes a substantial, important contribution to historical sound studies and British studies."--John M. Picker, author of Victorian Soundscapes   
 
“Mansell has given us an exhilarating and highly original way of understanding early twentieth century Britain. He ranges confidently across a dazzlingly wide terrain--attitudes towards neurasthenia, the occult thinking of Theosophists, technocrats designing quieter homes, those aghast at the sonic assaults of the wartime Blitz--and shows how noise was more than a symbol of modern life or the bane of the highly-strung. It was regarded by a whole gamut of experts and pseudo-experts as an irritating, mysterious, troubling force dramatically reshaping the relationship between the individual and society. The Age of Noise in Britain allows us to eavesdrop on this loud and disputatious period--indeed, to question our understanding of modernity itself. It is unsettling in the very best of ways.--David Hendy, author of Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening

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