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Sounds of Modern History: Auditory Cultures in 19th- and 20th-Century Europe
Daniel Morat (Ed.)
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Description for Sounds of Modern History: Auditory Cultures in 19th- and 20th-Century Europe
Paperback. This book contributes to our understanding of modern European history through the lens of sound by examining diverse subjects such as performed and recorded music, auditory technologies like the telephone and stethoscope, and the ambient noise of the city. Editor(s): Morat, Daniel. Num Pages: 352 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506.
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 such as performed and recorded ... Read more
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 such as performed and recorded ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785333491
SKU
V9781785333491
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99-15
About Daniel Morat (Ed.)
Daniel Morat is a Research Fellow and Lecturer in the History Department of the Free University Berlin. He currently holds a Dilthey Fellowship from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, and since 2012 has directed the international research network Auditory Knowledge in Transition: An Epistemic History of Listening in Modernity. His publications include Von der Tat zur Gelassenheit. Konservatives Denken ... Read more
Reviews for Sounds of Modern History: Auditory Cultures in 19th- and 20th-Century Europe
...this highly readable and well-sequenced text synthesises key research on the history of sound, bringing the work of the burgeoning field's seminal figures into dialogue with that of emerging scholars of the history of European sound cultures.
Melbourne Historical Journal As a whole, this collection provides a fine introduction to Sound Studies for historians of modern Europe ... Read more
Melbourne Historical Journal As a whole, this collection provides a fine introduction to Sound Studies for historians of modern Europe ... Read more