Silent spring
Carson, Rachel, 1907-19642000
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POLLUTION & THREATS TO THE ENVIRONMENT. Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, "Silent Spring" exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Rachel Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement.
Main title:
Silent spring / Rachel Carson ; introduction by Lord Shackleton ; preface by Julian Husley, F.R.S. ; with a new afterword by Linda Lear.
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Imprint:
London ; New York : Penguin, 2000.
Collation:
323 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published in America by Houghton Mifflin, 1962.Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-307) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. A fable for tomorrow -- 2. The obligation to endure -- 3. Elixirs of death -- 4 Surface waters and underground seas -- 5. Realms of the soil -- 6. Earth's green mantle -- 7. Needless havoc -- 8. And no birds sing -- 9. Rivers of death -- 10. Indiscriminately from the skies -- 11. Beyond the dreams of the Borgias -- 12. The human price -- 13. Through a narrow window -- 14. One in every four -- 15. Nature fights back -- 16. The rumblings of the avalanche -- 17. The other road -- Afterword.
ISBN:
01411849499780141184944
Dewey class:
363.7384
LC class:
SB959QH545.P4SB959 .C32 2000
Language:
English
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BRN:
504322