Rachel Carson: Witness For Nature - Couverture souple

Lear, Linda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140273018 ISBN 13 : 9780140273014

Editeur : Penguin, 1999

Synopsis

The definitive biography of the courageous ecologist and nature writer whose book SILENT SPRING began a movement that transformed the way we understand ourselves and the living world. Carson blew the whistle on the the petro-chemical industry at a time when pesticides were regarded as a miracle cure-all. When SILENT SPRING appeared in 1962 it did more than any single publication or event to alert the world to the hazards of enviromental pollution. Rachel Carson challenged the culture of her time and shaped a powerful social movement whose presence is increasingly felt throughout the world. In her sensitive rendering of Carson's tragically short life, Linda Lear reminds us how she turned the world in a different direction.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Linda Lear is Research Professor of Environmental History at George Washington University and a Research Collaborator at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140273018
• ISBN 13: 9780140273014
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 656
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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