Rachel Carson
Subtitle: A Literary Companion
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781476683126
Description: "Rachel Carson was a marine biologist credited with the founding of the ecology movement and the rise in ecofeminism. One of her most popular works was Silent Spring, which challenged the use of DDT (an insecticide infamous for its negative environmental effects) and questioned the claims of modern industry. Carson also wrote essays, reviews, articles, and more to educate the public about the impacts of chemical pollutants on both the environment and the human body. This literary companion provides readers with Carson's key messages via an A-to-Z index of topics discussed in her works including carcinogens, endangered species, and radioactivity"--