Silent Spring: The Classic Nonfiction Book on the Environment and Human Nature

Carson, Rachel

ISBN 10: 0618249060 / ISBN 13: 9780618249060

Edité par Mariner Books Classics (edition Anniversary), 2002

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Synopsis :

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was first published in three serialized excerpts in the New Yorker in June of 1962. The book appeared in September of that year and the outcry that followed its publication 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 eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. It is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.  

À propos de l'auteur: Rachel Carson (1907–1964) spent most of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By the late 1950s, she had written three lyrical, popular books about the sea, including the best-selling The Sea Around Us, and had become the most respected science writer in America. She completed Silent Spring against formidable personal odds, and with it shaped a powerful social movement that has altered the course of history.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Silent Spring: The Classic Nonfiction Book ...
Éditeur : Mariner Books Classics (edition Anniversary)
Date d'édition : 2002
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Edition : Anniversary.