Silent Spring
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Engelsk
Exposes the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. This book aims to creates public awareness of the environment. Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the ...
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Exposes the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. This book aims to creates public awareness of the environment. Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, Silent Spring exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides Rachel Carson''s Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement. It is thanks to this book, and the help of many environmentalists, that harmful pesticides such as DDT were banned from use in the US and countries around the world.This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Lord Shackleton, a preface by World Wildlife Fund founder Julian Huxley, and an afterword by Carson''s biographer Linda Lear.
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Classics
ISBN
9780141184944
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
336
Udgivelsesdato
28-09-2000
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
1129081
EAN nr.
9780141184944
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Højde/Dybde (mm)
16
Bredde (mm)
197
Længde (mm)
147
Vægt (g)
250