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The Unwanted Sound Of Everything We Want
Garret Keizer
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May 2010
On Sale: May 4, 2010
385 pages
ISBN: 1586485520
EAN: 9781586485528
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Noise is usually defined as unwanted sound: loud music from
a neighbor, the honk of a taxicab, the roar of a supersonic
jet. But as Garret Keizer illustrates in this probing
examination, noise is as much about what we want as about
what we seek to avoid. It has been a byproduct of human
striving since ancient times even as it has become a
significant cause of disease in our own. At heart, noise
provides a key for understanding some of our most pressing
issues, from social inequality to climate change.In a
journey that leads us from the Tanzanian veldt to the
streets of New York, Keizer deftly explores the political
ramifications of noise, America's central role in a loud
world, and the environmental sustainability of a quieter
one. The result is a deeply satisfying bookone guaranteed to
change how we hear the world, and how we measure our own
personal volume within it.
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