The world's din : listening to records, radio and films in New Zealand, 1880-1940 / Peter Hoar.

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"New Zealanders started hearing things in new ways when new audio technologies arrived from overseas in the late 19th century. From the frst public demonstration of a phonograph in a Blenheim hall in 1879, people were exposed to a succession of machines that captured, stored and transmitted sounds -...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoar, Peter, 1961- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Sound recordings > New Zealand > History.
Sound recordings > Social aspects > New Zealand.
Broadcasting > Social aspects > New Zealand.
Broadcasting > Social aspects.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings > Social aspects.
New Zealand.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:287 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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