Silent Spring

, by Carson, Rachel

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ISBN: 9780395683293 | 0395683297
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/1/1994

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Summary

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 government to ban DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Instrumental in launching the environmental movement, Carson's book is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Fable for Tomorrow	p. 1
The Obligation to Endure	p. 5
Elixirs of Death	p. 15
Surface Waters and Underground Seas	p. 39
Realms of the Soil	p. 53
Earth's Green Mantle	p. 63
Needless Havoc	p. 85
And No Birds Sing	p. 103
Rivers of Death	p. 129
Indiscriminately from the Skies	p. 154
Beyond the Dreams of the Borgias	p. 173
The Human Price	p. 187
Through a Narrow Window	p. 199
One in Every Four	p. 219
Nature Fights Back	p. 245
The Rumblings of an Avalanche	p. 262
The Other Road	p. 277
List of Principal Sources	p. 301
Index	p. 357
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