Music in factories: A twentieth-century technique for control of the productive self

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 723-744

  Jones, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industrial psychology; Music broadcasting; Sonic geography; Wartime workspace

Indexed keywords

MUSIC; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 27144464519     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360500258229     Document Type: Article

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