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by Garret Keizer

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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 book--one guaranteed to change how we hear the world, and how we measure our own personal volume within it.

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  • Title The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book about Noise
  • Author Garret Keizer
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 385
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher PublicAffairs, New York
  • Publication date 2010
  • ISBN 9781586485528 / 1586485520
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.6 x 1.3 in (23.37 x 16.76 x 3.30 cm)
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010005391
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.74

About the author

Garret Keizer is a free lance writer, a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine, and a recent Guggenheim Fellow. He is the author of six books, including the critically acclaimed Help and The Enigma of Anger. His essays and poems have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, The New Yorker, The Best American Essays, and The Best American Poetry. He lives with his wife in northeastern Vermont.

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