What a Book Can Do - The Publication and Reception of Silent Spring

Informationen zum Autor Priscilla Coit Murphy is an independent scholar who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Klappentext In 1962, the publication of Rachel Carson's ""Silent Spring"" sparked widespread public debate on the hazards of pesticide abuse for humans and their environment. This work explores how a newsmaking book enabled a single voice of warning to gain the attention of the entire country, and beyond. Zusammenfassung In 1962! the publication of Rachel Carson's ""Silent Spring"" sparked widespread public debate on the hazards of pesticide abuse for humans and their environment. This work explores how a newsmaking book enabled a single voice of warning to gain the attention of the entire country! and beyond.

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• Authors: Priscilla Coit Murphy
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2007
• EAN: 9781558495821
• ISBN: 978-1-55849-582-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Print Culture and t
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education