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DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts
Contributor(s): Dunlap, Thomas (Author), Cronon, William (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0295988347     ISBN-13: 9780295988344
Publisher: University of Washington Press
OUR PRICE:   $19.00  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2008
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Annotation: This collection of documents, the first of its kind, traces shifting attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general through a variety of sources: excerpts from scientific studies and government reports, advertisements from industry journals, articles from popular magazines, and the famous "Fable for Tomorrow" from Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental)
- Law | Environmental
Dewey: 363.179
LCCN: 2008020044
Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.7" (0.50 lbs) 160 pages
 
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No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its assault on insecticides. The documents collected by Thomas Dunlap trace shifting attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general through a variety of sources: excerpts from scientific studies and government reports, advertisements from industry journals, articles from popular magazines, and the famous "Fable for Tomorrow" from Silent Spring.

Beginning with attitudes toward nature at the turn of the twentieth century, the book moves through the use and early regulation of pesticides; the introduction and early success of DDT; the discovery of its environmental effects; and the uproar over Silent Spring. It ends with recent debates about DDT as a potential solution to malaria in Africa.