Mechanical sound : technology culture and public problems of noise in the twentieth century Listening to technology Infernal din heavenly tunes : repertoires of dramatizing sound A continuous buzz : the ongoing charge of industrial noise Instruments of torture : traffic noise as uncivilized behavior The art of noises : the celebration and control of mechanical sound in music A wall of sound : the gramophone the radio and the noise of neighbors A booming business : the search for a practical aircraft noise index A sound history of technological culture