| International Standard Book Number |
9780063481541
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| Personal Name |
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964, author.
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| Title Statement |
Silent spring / Rachel Carson ; introduction by Linda Lear, afterword by Edward O. Wilson.
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| Publisher |
©1990.
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| Publisher |
Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xix, 378 pages.
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent.
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia.
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| Carrier Type |
volume rdacarrier.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Rarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' did exactly that. The outcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her elequent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. It is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century"--Back cover.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Pesticides and wildlife.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Pesticides Environmental aspects.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Pesticides Toxicology.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Insect pests Biological control.
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