Auf Lager:
1
Buch (Hardcover): Fachbuch
DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism
Classic Texts
Produkt bewerten
Verlag:
University of Washington Press Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: E9E4VL9
EAN: 9780295998947
Auf Lager:
1
Zustellung: Di, 21.07.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
-9.0 %
CHF 145.–
CHF 132.–
Beschreibung
No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its assault on insecticides. The documents collected by Thomas Dunlap trace shifting attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general through a variety of sources: excerpts from scientific studies and government reports, advertisements from industry journals, articles from popular magazines, and the famous "Fable for Tomorrow" from Silent Spring. Beginning with attitudes toward nature at the turn of the twentieth century, the book moves through the use and early regulation of pesticides; the introduction and early success of DDT; the discovery of its environmental effects; and the uproar over Silent Spring. It ends with recent debates about DDT as a potential solution to malaria in Africa.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Thomas Dunlap
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2015
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 160