| Carson's Silent Spring: A Reader's Guide Contributor(s): Seager, Joni (Author) |
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ISBN: 1441117865 ISBN-13: 9781441117861 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 363.179 |
| LCCN: 2014002112 |
| Series: Reader's Guides |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.41" W x 8.81" (0.89 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Silent Spring is a watershed moment in the history of environmentalism, credited with launching the modern environmental movement. In synthesizing a jumble of scientific and medical information into a coherent argument, Carson successfully challenged major chemical industries and the idea that modern societies could and should exert mastery over nature at any cost. Her critique remains salient today. This book provides the first in-depth analysis, contextualisation and overview of Silent Spring, a critical work in the history of environmentalism, surveying its lasting impact on the environmentalist movement in the last fifty years. |