The City of Din

by Dan MCKENZIE ( - )

"sensibility to noise varies very much"

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


Listen next episodes of The City of Din:
"church bells, calling the faithful to worship" , "in a world of reduced sound" , "noise and its evils" , "noises of modern war" , "the modern malady of Din" , "the noise of railway trains"