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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Lord Shackleton, a preface by World Wildlife Fund founder Julian Huxley, and an afterword by Carson's biographer Linda Lear.
Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, Silent Spring exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Rachel Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement. It is thanks to this book, and the help of many environmentalists, that harmful pesticides such as DDT were banned from use in the US and countries around the world.
Rachel Carson (1907-64) wanted to be a writer for as long as she could remember. Her first book, Under the Sea Wind, appeared in 1941. Silent Spring, which alerted the world to the dangers of the misuse of pesticides, was published in 1962. Carson's articles on natural history appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the New Yorker, Reader's Digest and Holiday. An ardent ecologist and preservationist, Carson warned against the dumping of atomic waste at sea and predicted global warming.
If you enjoyed Silent Spring, you might like John Christopher's The Death of Grass, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.
'Carson's books brought ecology into popular consciousness'
Daily Telegraph
'Very few books change the course of history. Those that do include Silent Spring'
Linda Lear, author of Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature
Review:
Carson's books brought ecology into popular consciousness (Daily Telegraph)
If anybody asked me to write about my hero, it would be Rachel Carson (A. S. Byatt)
Rachel Carson educated a planet... One of the most effective books ever written (Guardian)
Carson's book has changed the world (The Times)
Title: Silent Spring: Rachel Carson (Penguin Modern...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: 2000
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Reprint. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 323 pages; 20 cm. Originally published: Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1962. Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-307) and index. Subjects; Pesticides toxicology and wildlife. Insect pests. Biological control. Pesticides Environmental aspects. Ecology. Conservation of Natural Resources. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 331749
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Carson's books brought ecology into popular consciousness' -- Daily TelegraphNow recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, SILENT SPRING exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Rachel carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement. Exposes the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. This book aims to creates public awareness of the environment. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780141184944
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