Silent Spring
Descripción
First published by Houghton Mifflin in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. "Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations . . . [It is] well crafted, fearless and succinct . . . Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail as one of the greatest nature writers in American letters" (Peter Matthiessen, for Time's 100 Most Influential People of the Century).
This fortieth anniversary edition celebrates Rachel Carson's watershed book with a new introduction by the author and activist Terry Tempest Williams and a new afterword by the acclaimed Rachel Carson biographer Linda Lear, who tells the story of Carson's courageous defense of her truths in the face of ruthless assault from the chemical industry in the year following the publication of Silent Spring and before her untimely death in 1964.
Detalles
Formato | Tapa suave |
Número de Páginas | 400 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | Mariner Books Classics |
Fecha de Publicación | 2022-02-01 |
Dimensiones | 8.1" x 5.4" x 1.1" pulgadas |
Número de Edición | 40 |
Descripción de Edición | Anniversary |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | Si |
Edad | 14 |
Temas | Ecología |
Acerca del Autor
Carson, Rachel
Rachel Carson (1907-1964) spent most of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By the late 1950s, she had written three lyrical, popular books about the sea, including the best-selling The Sea Around Us, and had become the most respected science writer in America. She completed Silent Spring against formidable personal odds, and with it shaped a powerful social movement that has altered the course of history.Descripción
Rarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson's Silent Spring did exactly that. The outrcry that followed its publication in 1962 forced the banning of DDT and spurred the revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. I tis without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.
Detalles
Formato | Tapa dura |
Número de Páginas | 400 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | Mariner Books Classics |
Fecha de Publicación | 2002-10-22 |
Dimensiones | 8.3" x 5.8" x 1.5" pulgadas |
Número de Edición | 40 |
Descripción de Edición | Anniversary |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | Si |
Temas | Ecología |
Acerca del Autor
Carson, Rachel
Rachel Carson (1907-1964) spent most of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By the late 1950s, she had written three lyrical, popular books about the sea, including the best-selling The Sea Around Us, and had become the most respected science writer in America. She completed Silent Spring against formidable personal odds, and with it shaped a powerful social movement that has altered the course of history.Garantía & Otros
Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
Peso: | 0.34 kg |
SKU: | 9780618249060 |
Publicado en Unimart.com: | 15/04/24 |
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