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Title:

Silent spring at 50 : the false crises of Rachel Carson / edited by Roger Meiners, Pierre Desrochers, and Andrew Morriss.

Publisher:

Cato Institute,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

vi, 364 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Carson, Rachel,--1907-1964.--Silent spring.
Pesticides--Environmental aspects.
Pesticides--Toxicology.
Pesticides and wildlife.
Insect pests--Biological control.

Other Authors:

Meiners, Roger E.
Desrochers, Pierre, 1969-
Morriss, Andrew P., 1960-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-341) and index.

Contents:

Silent spring at 50 -- The lady who started all this -- The intellectual groundwaters of Silent spring : rethinking Rachel Carson's place in the history of American environmental thought -- Silent spring as secular religion -- The selective silence of Silent spring : birds, pesticides, and alternatives to pesticides -- Rachel Carson's health scare -- The balance of nature and "the other road" : ecological paradigms and the management legacy of Silent spring -- Did Rachel Carson understand the importance of DDT in global public health programs? -- Agricultural revolutions and agency wars : how the 1950s laid the groundwork for Silent spring -- The false promise of federalization -- The precautionary principle : Silent spring's toxic legacy -- Risk over-simplified : the enduring and unfortunate legacy of Silent spring.

ISBN:

1937184994 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781937184995 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)776501743

LCCN:

2012026669

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)