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02653aam a2200409 i 4500 001 E52D5D42370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 170915s2018 cau b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2017044530 020 $a 0520291344 020 $a 9780520291348 020 $a 0520291336 020 $a 9780520291331 035 $a (OCoLC)1005683072 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d WLU $d GZW $d OCLCQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GE197 $b .M66 2018 082 00 $a 363.700973 $2 23 100 1 $a Montrie, Chad, $e author. 245 14 $a The myth of Silent spring : $b rethinking the origins of American environmentalism / $c Chad Montrie. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2018] 300 $a x, 185 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : "The fight for a balanced environment and the fight for social justice and dignity are not unrelated struggles" -- "I think less of the factory than of my native dell" -- "Why don't they dump the garbage on the bully-vards?" -- "Massive mobilization for a great citizen crusade" -- Conclusion : "They keep threatening us with the loss of our jobs." 520 $a "The Myth of Silent Spring challenges the widely held belief that Rachel Carson's celebrated 1962 book catalyzed the American environmental movement. While acknowledging the important contribution of Carson's exposeÌ, this book draws on a bounty of rich sources to push the movement's origins further back in time. It recognizes a long line of overlooked historical actors and identifies several other critical factors behind the rise of modern environmental thinking and protest. Recovering this slighted history helps us to better understand who should count as an 'environmentalist' and what should count as 'environmentalism, ' essential insights for building a hardy environmental movement today and in the future"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Environmentalism $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a Environmentalism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00913543 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Montrie, Chad. $t Myth of silent spring. $d Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] $z 9780520965157 $w (DLC) 2017048585 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210505013029.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213014425.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E52D5D42370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search