Rachel Carson
Subtitle: legacy and challenge
By: edited by Lisa H. Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore.
Contributors: Sideris, Lisa H.; Moore, Kathleen Dean.
Series: SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780791474716; 9780791474723
Subjects: Carson, Rachel, -- 1907-1964; Environmental ethics; Pesticides -- Environmental aspects
Description: Long before Rachel Carson would become synonymous with environmental activism, she was a nature and science writer, penning The Sense of Wonder for children, and three books about the ocean and its inhabitants-including the bestselling The Sea around Us. Based solidly on science and written in beautiful prose, Carson's work issued a practical and moral challenge to her readers: Can we find a way to live on earth with care and respect? In Rachel Carson, the first book to offer a sustained treatment of her work prior to Silent Spring, editors Lisa H. Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore bring together seventeen writers, activists, and scholars from a range of disciplines to uncover the many sides of Rachel Carson. Exposing her enthusiasm for the natural world and the depth of her writings, the contributors examine her books, speeches, essays, and the letters she wrote as she prepared to die. A testament to Carson's continued influence on environmental thought, this volume is for everyone who cares about finding ways to live sustainably on earth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A legacy of activism and advocacy; title: One patriot / Terry Tempest Williams; title: Rachel Carson's scientific and ocean legacies / Jane Lubchenco; title: Rachel Carson and George J. Wallace : why public environmental scientists should be advocates for nature / Peter C. List; title: Ethics on land and at sea; title: Rachel Carson's environmental ethics / Philip Cafaro; title: Thinking like a mackerel : Rachel Carson's Under the sea-wind as a source for a trans-ecotonal sea ethic / Susan Power Bratton; title: The conceptual foundations of Rachel Carson's sea ethic / J. Baird Callicott and Elyssa Back; title: Rachel Carson's The sea around us, ocean-centrism, and a nascent ocean ethic / Gary Kroll; title: Reflections on gender and science; title: The ecological body : Rachel Carson, Silent spring, and breast cancer / Lisa H. Sideris; title: Science and spirit : struggles of the early Rachel Carson / Maril Hazlett; title: "Silence, miss Carson!" : science, gender, and the reception of Silent spring / Michael Smith; title: An ongoing toxic discourse; title: After Silent spring : ecological effects of pesticides on public health and on birds and other organisms / David Pimentel; title: Contested icons : Rachel Carson and DDT / Steve Maguire; title: In her footsteps / Christopher Merrill; title: Living downstream of Silent spring / Sandra Steingraber; title: A legacy of wonder; title: The secular and religious sources of Rachel Carson's sense of wonder / Lisa H. Sideris; title: How to value a flower : locating beauty in toxic landscapes / Vera Norwood; title: The truth of the barnacles : Rachel Carson and the moral significance of wonder / Kathleen Dean Moore.