The gentle subversive : Rachel Carson, Silent spring, and the rise of the environmental movement / / Mark Hamilton Lytle
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| Autore: |
Lytle Mark H
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| Titolo: |
The gentle subversive : Rachel Carson, Silent spring, and the rise of the environmental movement / / Mark Hamilton Lytle
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 320.580973 |
| 570.92B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Biologists - United States |
| Environmentalists - United States | |
| Science writers - United States | |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2007. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-261) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Spring -- Sense of wonder: Under the Sea-Wind -- Summer -- Florescence: The Sea Around Us -- Fall - The fullness of life: From The Edge of the Sea to DDT -- Winter -- The poison book and the dark season of vindication -- Epilogue Rachel Carson: the legacy. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Traces the path by which renowned scientist Rachel Carson came to write "Silent Spring", subsequently founding the environmental movement. This book presents the story of Carson's life and recognises that her work and studies incite major debates over the conflict of corporate interests versus environmental consciousness. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The gentle subversive |
| ISBN: | 0-19-771342-4 |
| 1-281-15648-5 | |
| 0-19-803853-4 | |
| 9786611156480 | |
| 1-4356-0584-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818475003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
New narratives in American history.