DDT, Silent spring, and the rise of environmentalism

By Thomas R. Dunlap

Subjects: Nature, effect of human beings on, DDT (Insecticide), Nature--effect of human beings on--history, Effects of human beings on, Ddt (insecticide)--environmental aspects--history, Effect of human beings on, 363.17/92, Nature, Carson, rachel, 1907-1964, Environmentalism--history, Td196.p38 d45 2008, Ddt (insecticide), Carson, rachel , 1907-1964, Nature--effect of human beings on--history--20th century, Environmental aspects, Ddt (insecticide)--environmental aspects--history--20th century, History, Environmentalism--history--20th century, Environmentalism

Description: "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. This collection of documents ... traces shifting attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general through a variety of sources ..."--Jacket.