Book ID: CBB000951854

DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts (2008)

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Dunlap, Thomas R. (Editor)


University of Washington Press
Publication date: 2008
Language: English


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Foreword by William Cronon.
Physical Details: xvi + 150 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index

Description Primary sources which document the changing attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general over the 20th century.


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Review David D. Vail (2010) Review of "DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts". Agricultural History (pp. 131-132). unapi

Review David D. Vail (2010) Review of "DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts". Agricultural History (pp. 131-132). unapi

Review David D. Vail (2010) Review of "DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts". Agricultural History (pp. 131-132). unapi

Review Joanna Dean (2010) Review of "DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts". Environmental History (pp. 771-773). unapi

Review Joanna Dean (2010) Review of "DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts". Environmental History (pp. 771-773). unapi

Review Charles F. Wurster (2009) Review of "DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts". Quarterly Review of Biology (pp. 189-190). unapi

Review Charles F. Wurster (2009) Review of "DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism: Classic Texts". Quarterly Review of Biology (pp. 189-190). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Kinkela, David
Ballschmiter, Karlheinz
Bont, Raf de
Carson, Rachel Louise
Clarke, Sabine
Doyle, Barry M.
Journals
Agricultural History
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Diplomatic History
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Environment and History
Ethics, Place and Environment
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
University Press of Florida
New York University
Praeger
University of North Carolina Press
Library of America
Concepts
Environmental pollution
Environmental sciences
Environmentalism
Environmental protection
Pesticides; insecticides
DDT
People
Carson, Rachel Louise
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Great Britain
Florida (U.S.)
Africa
Korea
Soviet Union
Institutions
United States. Army
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