Title: DDT, Silent spring, and the rise of environmentalism
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.
Subjects: DDT (Insecticide), Environmentalism, History, Effects of human beings on, Nature, Effect of human beings on, Carson, rachel, 1907-1964, Ddt (insecticide), Nature, effect of human beings on, Environmental aspects, Carson, rachel , 1907-1964, Ddt (insecticide)--environmental aspects--history, Ddt (insecticide)--environmental aspects--history--20th century, Environmentalism--history, Environmentalism--history--20th century, Nature--effect of human beings on--history, Nature--effect of human beings on--history--20th century, Td196.p38 d45 2008, 363.17/92
People: Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
Time periods: 20th century