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The City of Din

The City of Din

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Number of Chapters: 11

Length: 02 hours and 32 minutes

Language: English

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

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Preface: "in the hope of rendering the world we live in quieter" (Amelia Chesley)
"the world of Nature is not noisy" (Amelia Chesley)
"the July night is thund'rous" (Amelia Chesley)
"Civilisation is noise." (Amelia Chesley)
"sensibility to noise varies very much" (Amelia Chesley)
"in a world of reduced sound" (Amelia Chesley)
"church bells, calling the faithful to worship" (Amelia Chesley)
"the noise of railway trains" (Amelia Chesley)
"noise and its evils" (Amelia Chesley)
"noises of modern war" (Amelia Chesley)
"the modern malady of Din" (Amelia Chesley)
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