DDT, Silent spring, and the rise of environmentalism
Subtitle: classic texts
By: edited by Thomas R. Dunlap ; foreword by William Cronon.
Contributors: Dunlap, Thomas R., 1943-
Series: Weyerhaeuser environmental classics
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780295988344
Subjects: Carson, Rachel, -- 1907-1964; DDT (Insecticide) -- Environmental aspects -- History -- 20th century; Environmentalism -- History -- 20th century; Nature -- Effects of human beings on -- History -- 20th century
Description: "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. This collection of documents ... traces shifting attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general through a variety of sources ..."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.