On a farther shore : the life and legacy of Rachel Carson / William Souder.
2012
QH31.C33 S68 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
On a farther shore : the life and legacy of Rachel Carson / William Souder.
Author
Souder, William, 1949-
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780307462206
030746220X
9780307462213
0307462218
030746220X
9780307462213
0307462218
Imprint
New York : Crown Publishers, c2012.
Language
English
Description
496 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
QH31.C33 S68 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
508.092 B
Summary
Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus and malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its use expanded, alarming reports surfaced of collateral damage to fish, birds, and other wildlife. Silent Spring was a chilling indictment of DDT and its effects, and it shocked the public and forced the government to take action despite a withering attack on Carson from the chemicals industry. The book awakened the world to the heedless contamination of the environment and eventually led to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and to the banning of DDT and a host of related pesticides.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 477-486) and index.
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Table of Contents
pt. 1. Water world. Miss Carson's book ; Bright as the midday sun ; Biologizing ; The English connection and the ocean deep ; This beautiful and sublime world ; Author triumphant
pt. 2. Silent spring. Dorothy ; The enduring sea ; Earth on fire ; Collateral damage ; High tides and low.
pt. 2. Silent spring. Dorothy ; The enduring sea ; Earth on fire ; Collateral damage ; High tides and low.