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Sound and Safe: A History of Listening Behind the Wheel Bijsterveld, Karin (Professor of Technology and Society Studies,, Professor of Technology and Society Studies,, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Sound and Safe: A History of Listening Behind the Wheel
Bijsterveld, Karin (Professor of Technology and Society Studies,, Professor of Technology and Society Studies,, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands)
This book traces the full history of noise in and around cars, shows how we created auditory privacy in our cars. 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.
240 pages, 55 photographs
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 2, 2013 |
| Original release date | 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199925698 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 244 |
| Dimensions | 166 × 241 × 22 mm · 476 g |
| Language | English |