Sound and safe : a history of listening behind the wheel / Karin Bijsterveld, Eefje Cleophas, Stefan Krebs, and Gijs Mom.

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.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Oxford Scholarship Online)
Main Authors: Bijsterveld, Karin, 1961- (Author), Cleophas, Eefje (Author), Krebs, Stefan (Author), Mom, Gijs, 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199350155 (ebook)
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199925698.001.0001
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 6, 2014)