Danger sound Klaxon! : the horn that changed history / Matthew F. Jordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, Matthew F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobiles--Horns.

Automobiles.

City noise--United States--History.

City noise.

Klaxon Company--History.

Klaxon Company.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Danger Sound Klaxon tells the story of the Klaxon automobile horn, one of the first great electrical consumer technologies of the twentieth century, and it examines the problem of using sound to communicate in an increasingly noisy automobile-centered modernity. By charting the rise and eventual fall of the Klaxon, the author highlights how perceptions of sound-producing technologies are guided by and transform due to public debate, consumer discourses, and governmental regulations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Soundscapes and Schematics

Sound Competition : Make Way for the Automobile

First Encounters : Sound in the Age of the Electrical Signal

Klaxon and the Rise of Modern Advertising

Klaxon and the Mutable Law of the Technology Business

Danger Sound Klaxon : Localizing the International Brand of the Future

Sounding the Alarm : Klaxon in the Trenches

Sidewalk Blues : The Klaxon in Diminuendo

Conclusion : Quieting the Klaxon

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Jordan, Matthew F. Danger Sound Klaxon!

ISBN:

9780813947976

0813947979

OCLC:

1347267851