Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Ecology, Natural History, and Nature.
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 fut...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Ecology, Natural History, and Nature.
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Ramachandra Guha
“On World Book Day, I recommend five environmental classics: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring E. F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful J. MartinezAlier, The Environmentalism of the Poor Carolyn Merchant, The Death of Nature John McNeill, Something New Under the Sun”
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