Carson's Silent Spring
A Reader's Guide
Published on 28. August 2014
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-1-4411-1786-1 (ISBN)
Description
Silent Spring is a watershed moment in the history of environmentalism, credited with launching the modern environmental movement. In synthesizing a jumble of scientific and medical information into a coherent argument, Carson successfully challenged major chemical industries and the idea that modern societies could and should exert mastery over nature at any cost. Her critique remains salient today.
This book provides the first in-depth analysis, contextualisation and overview of Silent Spring, a critical work in the history of environmentalism, surveying its lasting impact on the environmentalist movement in the last fifty years.
This book provides the first in-depth analysis, contextualisation and overview of Silent Spring, a critical work in the history of environmentalism, surveying its lasting impact on the environmentalist movement in the last fifty years.
Reviews / Votes
29 years ago the Bhopal tragedy...showed how right Rachel Carson was. Now the 'elixirs of death' come in new forms... Joni Seager's [book] is a vital and timely reminder of Rachel Carson's wake up call to humanity that a chemical war can never be won. * Dr Vandana Shiva, winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize (the Right Livelihood Award) 1993 * Pacy, thought-provoking and challenging...This will become a set text for environmentalists and students of the natural world, but I'd urge that anyone interested in understanding the importance of Carson's life and vital insight, and its relevance to the world 50 years on, should read Joni Seager's book. -- Conor Mark Jameson, author and naturalist Silent Spring was a blockbuster that changed the world. Today, Carson's message has been politicized, misinterpreted and ignored. Joni Seager brilliantly explicates the times in which Carson wrote and shows why Silent Spring remains an essential text for the 21st century. -- Dr. Linda Lear, historian and biographer of Rachel CarsonMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
429 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-1786-1 (9781441117861)
DOI
CBID169456
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E-Book
08/2014
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic USA
€27.49
Available for download
E-Book
08/2014
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic USA
€27.49
Available for download
Person
Joni Seager is Professor and Chair of Global Studies at Bentley University, Boston, USA. She is a feminist geographer and environmentalist.
Content
Introducing Silent Spring: Hitchcock, Bees, and the Syrian Civil War
1. Getting to Silent Spring
2. The Post-War Machine in the Garden
3. Needless Havoc: Carson's Case Against Pesticides
4. One in Every Four
5. Alternatives
6. Responses to Silent Spring
Notes
Sources for Further Reading & Research
Bibliography
Index
1. Getting to Silent Spring
2. The Post-War Machine in the Garden
3. Needless Havoc: Carson's Case Against Pesticides
4. One in Every Four
5. Alternatives
6. Responses to Silent Spring
Notes
Sources for Further Reading & Research
Bibliography
Index