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Silent Spring after 50 years (2012)

Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Volume: 36, no. 4
Issue: 4
Pages: 129-130

Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Introduction to a special issue, “Silent Spring after Fifty Years”
Language: English

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Environmentalism Insect control Environmental sciences Environmental ethics 20th century, late United States Carson, Rachel Louise

As Silent Spring passed the half-century mark, historians have continued to reflect on its significance. For this issue of Endeavour, we drew together six articles that explore a few of the many legacies of this remarkable book. Given the impressive scope and breadth of the papers in this issue, it is clear that Silent Spring, and the shock waves surrounding its publication, continue to provide rich fodder for historical analysis.

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Article Jarman, Walter M.; Ballschmiter, Karlheinz (2012) From Coal to DDT: The History of the Development of the Pesticide DDT from Synthetic Dyes till Silent Spring. Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (pp. 131-142). unapi

Article Davis, Frederick R. (2012) “Like a Keen North Wind”: How Charles Elton Influenced Silent Spring. Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (pp. 143-148). unapi

Article Hecht, David K. (2012) How to Make a Villain: Rachel Carson and the Politics of Anti-Environmentalism. Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (pp. 149-155). unapi

Article Barrow, Mark V., Jr. (2012) Carson in Cartoon: A New Window onto the Noisy Reception to Silent Spring. Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (pp. 156-164). unapi

Article Vail, David D. (2012) Toxic Fables: The Advertising and Marketing of Agricultural Chemicals in the Great Plains, 1945--1985. Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (pp. 165-173). unapi

Article Hay, Amy M. (2012) Dispelling the “Bitter Fog”: Fighting Chemical Defoliation in the American West. Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science (pp. 174-185). unapi

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