The City of Din
A treatise on the increasing loudness of modern life, including philosophical and scientific discussion of what noise is, how effects us physically, mentally, and socially in cities, on railways, at home, in workplaces, and on battlefields of war. The book concludes with some strong suggestions for protecting ourselves from noise as well as for lessening noise altogether. - Summary by Amelia Chesley
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Preface: "in the hope of rendering the world we live in quieter" | Amelia Chesley |
00:06:03 |
| Play 02 | "the world of Nature is not noisy" | Amelia Chesley |
00:17:31 |
| Play 03 | "the July night is thund'rous" | Amelia Chesley |
00:13:18 |
| Play 04 | "Civilisation is noise." | Amelia Chesley |
00:17:02 |
| Play 05 | "sensibility to noise varies very much" | Amelia Chesley |
00:12:02 |
| Play 06 | "in a world of reduced sound" | Amelia Chesley |
00:11:00 |
| Play 07 | "church bells, calling the faithful to worship" | Amelia Chesley |
00:17:26 |
| Play 08 | "the noise of railway trains" | Amelia Chesley |
00:21:41 |
| Play 09 | "noise and its evils" | Amelia Chesley |
00:21:52 |
| Play 10 | "noises of modern war" | Amelia Chesley |
00:04:53 |
| Play 11 | "the modern malady of Din" | Amelia Chesley |
00:09:49 |