Author: CARSON, RACHEL
Title: Silent Spring. The Classic That Launched the Environmental Movement.
Description: New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002. Twenty-Second Impression. Original boards. Dustjacket: light wear to corners & edges, light scuffing to covers. ; With illustrations. ; Silent Spring: The Classic That Launched the Environmental Movement by Rachel Carson is a landmark work of environmental science writing, first published in 1962. The book exposed the devastating ecological effects of indiscriminate pesticide use, particularly DDT, and challenged the unchecked power of the chemical industry. Through compelling scientific evidence and poetic prose, Carson argued that these chemicals were poisoning wildlife, contaminating water supplies, and endangering human health. Her warning that nature could fall silent—without birdsong or insects—captured the public imagination and sparked widespread concern. Silent Spring is credited with inspiring the modern environmental movement, influencing policy changes, and leading to the eventual ban of DDT in the United States. More than six decades on, it remains a powerful call to respect the balance of nature and to consider the long-term consequences of human actions on the environment.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Enviromentalism Ecology Climate Change Capitalism Pollution
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Title: Silent Spring. The Classic That Launched the Environmental Movement.
Description: New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002. Twenty-Second Impression. Original boards. Dustjacket: light wear to corners & edges, light scuffing to covers. ; With illustrations. ; Silent Spring: The Classic That Launched the Environmental Movement by Rachel Carson is a landmark work of environmental science writing, first published in 1962. The book exposed the devastating ecological effects of indiscriminate pesticide use, particularly DDT, and challenged the unchecked power of the chemical industry. Through compelling scientific evidence and poetic prose, Carson argued that these chemicals were poisoning wildlife, contaminating water supplies, and endangering human health. Her warning that nature could fall silent—without birdsong or insects—captured the public imagination and sparked widespread concern. Silent Spring is credited with inspiring the modern environmental movement, influencing policy changes, and leading to the eventual ban of DDT in the United States. More than six decades on, it remains a powerful call to respect the balance of nature and to consider the long-term consequences of human actions on the environment.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .
Keywords: Enviromentalism Ecology Climate Change Capitalism Pollution
Price: GBP 20.00 = appr. US$ 28.56 Seller: Literary Cat Books
- Book number: 63358
- Book number: 63358
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