Silent Spring at 50
The False Crises of Rachel Carson
Published on 18. September 2012
366 pages
978-1-937184-19-3 (ISBN)
Description
Widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement when published 50 years ago, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring had a profound impact on our society. As an iconic work, the book has often been shielded from critical inquiry, but this landmark anniversary provides an excellent opportunity to reassess its legacy and influence. In Silent Spring at 50: The False Crises of Rachel Carson, a team of national experts explores the book's historical context, the science it was built on, and the policy consequences of its core ideas. Their findings: much of what Carson presented as fact was slanted, and today we know much of it is simply wrong.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
File size
0,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-937184-19-3 (9781937184193)
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Andrew Morriss | Roger Meiners | Pierre Desroches
Silent Spring at 50
The False Crises of Rachel Carson
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Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- 1. Silent Spring at 50
- 2. The Lady Who Started All This
- 3. The Intellectual Groundwaters of Silent Spring
- 4. Silent Spring as Secular Religion
- 5. The Selective Silence of Silent Spring
- 6. Rachel Carson's Health Scare
- 7. The Balance of Nature and "The Other Road
- 8. Did Rachel Carson Understand the Importance of DDT?
- 9. Agricultural Revolutions and Agency Wars
- 10. The False Promise of Federalization
- 11. The Precautionary Principle: Silent Spring's Toxic Legacy
- 12. Risk Over-Simplified
- Notes
- Index
- Contributors
- About the Cato Institute
