1962 SilentSpring
- (Carson, 1962) ⇒ Rachel Carson. (1962). “Silent Spring.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN:B004A1FPZU
Subject Headings: DDT; Pesticide; Herbicide, Negative Externality, Water Pollution, Air Pollution.
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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring
- Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson and published by Houghton Mifflin on September 27, 1962.[1] The book is widely credited with helping launch the contemporary American environmental movement.[2]
The New Yorker started serializing Silent Spring in June 1962, and it was published in book form (with illustrations by Lois and Louis Darling) by Houghton Mifflin on Sept. 27. When the book Silent Spring was published, Rachel Carson was already a well-known writer on natural history, but had not previously been a social critic. The book was widely read — especially after its selection by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the New York Times best-seller list — and inspired widespread public concerns with pesticides and pollution of the environment. Silent Spring facilitated the ban of the pesticide DDT[3] in 1972 in the United States.
The book documented detrimental effects of pesticides on the environment, particularly on birds. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting industry claims uncritically.
Silent Spring has been featured in many lists of the best nonfiction books of the twentieth century. In the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Nonfiction it was at #5, and it was at No.78 in the conservative National Review.[4] Most recently, Silent Spring was named one of the 25 greatest science books of all time by the editors of Discover Magazine.[5]
A follow-up book, Beyond Silent Spring,[6] co-authored by H.F. van Emden and David Peakall, was published in 1996.
- Silent Spring is a book written by Rachel Carson and published by Houghton Mifflin on September 27, 1962.[1] The book is widely credited with helping launch the contemporary American environmental movement.[2]
- ↑ McLaughlin, Dorothy. "Fooling with Nature: Silent Spring Revisited". Frontline. PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nature/disrupt/sspring.html. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
- ↑ Josie Glausiusz. (2007), Better Planet: Can A Maligned Pesticide Save Lives? Discover Magazine. Page 34.
- ↑ EPA reference: DDT. Retrieved November 4, 2007.[dead link]
- ↑ The 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the Century. National Review. Retrieved on November 4, 2007.
- ↑ "25 Greatest Science Books of All Time". Discover Magazine. December 2006. http://discovermagazine.com/2006/dec/25-greatest-science-books/article_view?b_start:int=1&page=2.
- ↑ Peakall, David B.; Van Emden, Helmut Fritz, ed. (1996). Beyond silent spring: integrated pest management and chemical safety. London: Chapman & Hall. ISBN 0-412-72810-9.
Richards H (September 1999). "Beyond Silent Spring: Integrated Pest Management and Chemical Safety. Edited by H.F. van Emden and D.B. Peakall". Integrated Pest Management Reviews 4 (3): 269–270. doi:10.1023/A:1009686508200. http://www.springerlink.com/content/v8n68q671283064r.
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- (Daily, 1997) ⇒ Gretchen Daily, ed. (1997). “Nature's services: societal dependence on natural ecosystems.” Island Press.
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Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in [[the New Yorker] in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson’s passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. It is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.
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| 1962 SilentSpring | Rachel Carson | Silent Spring | 1962 |