DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts (Weyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhaeuser Environmental ... Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism) - Softcover

Dunlap, Thomas

 
9780295988344: DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts (Weyerhaeuser Environmental ClassicsWeyerhaeuser Environmental ... Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0295988347 ISBN 13: 9780295988344
Verlag: University of Washington Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its assault on insecticides. The documents collected by Thomas Dunlap trace shifting attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general through a variety of sources: excerpts from scientific studies and government reports, advertisements from industry journals, articles from popular magazines, and the famous "Fable for Tomorrow" from Silent Spring.

Beginning with attitudes toward nature at the turn of the twentieth century, the book moves through the use and early regulation of pesticides; the introduction and early success of DDT; the discovery of its environmental effects; and the uproar over Silent Spring. It ends with recent debates about DDT as a potential solution to malaria in Africa.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Thomas R. Dunlap is professor of history at Texas A & M University. He is the author of four books including Faith in Nature: Environmentalism as Religious Quest and DDT: Scientists, Citizens, and Public Policy.

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Verlag
University of Washington Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0295988347
ISBN 13 
9780295988344
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Anzahl der Seiten
160
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