| Titre : | The soundscape of modernity : architectural acoustics and the culture of listening in America, 1900-1933 |
| Auteurs : | Emily Ann Thompson, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Ouvrage |
| Editeur : | Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Press), 2002 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-262-20138-4 |
| Format / Caractéristique technique du document original : | IX-500 p. / ill. / 24 cm |
| Note générale : | Bibliogr. p. [425]-470 Index |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 161.2 (Ambiances : Ecole canadienne de la perception) |
| Mots-clés : |
Sujet Acoustique appliquée Ambiance Architecture Environnement sonore Salle de spectacleLieu Amérique > Etats-Unis |
| Résumé : | In a pioneering study of America's culture of listening, University of Pennsylvania professor of the history and sociology of science Emily Thompson depicts a culture busily rationalizing, quantifying and taming sound in The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America 1900 1933. Beginning with the extraordinary (and little known) career of architectural engineer Wallace Sabine, from his felt-covered acoustical correction of the Rhode Island House of Representatives to his role in the influential design of Boston's Symphony Hall, Thompson analyzes the checkered (and ultimately futile) history of noise abatement and the implications of the introduction of electronics. Her account culminates in the design and construction of Rockefeller Center, and is powered throughout by the utopianism of the scientists, architects and engineers she depicts. |
| Nature du document : | Monographie/Brochure |
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