It takes the average reader 8 hours and 30 minutes to read The Soundscape of Modernity by Emily Thompson
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
A vibrant history of acoustical technology and aural culture in early-twentieth-century America. In this history of aural culture in early-twentieth-century America, Emily Thompson charts dramatic transformations in what people heard and how they listened. What they heard was a new kind of sound that was the product of modern technology. They listened as newly critical consumers of aural commodities. By examining the technologies that produced this sound, as well as the culture that enthusiastically consumed it, Thompson recovers a lost dimension of the Machine Age and deepens our...
The Soundscape of Modernity by Emily Thompson is 510 pages long, and a total of 127,500 words.
This makes it 172% the length of the average book. It also has 156% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 36 minutes to read The Soundscape of Modernity aloud.
The Soundscape of Modernity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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