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Title:

Rachel Carson's Silent spring [videorecording] / a Peace River Films production for The American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation, WNET/Thirteen and Peace River Films ; produced and written by Neil Goodwin.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

WGBH Boston Video,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

1 videodisc (55 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Carson, Rachel,--1907-1964.--Silent spring.
Biologists--United States--Biography.
Environmentalists--United States--Biography.
Science writers--United States--Biography.
Pesticides--Environmental aspects.
Pesticides--Toxicology.
Pesticides and wildlife.
Insect pests--Biological control.
Environmental health.
Documentary television programs.

Other Authors:

Goodwin, Neil.
McCullough, David G.
Chadwick, Alex, 1947-
Streep, Meryl.
Peace River Films.
WGBH Educational Foundation.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
WGBH Video (Firm)

Other Titles:

American experience (Television program)

Notes:

Documentary. Host: David McCullough. Narrator: Alex Chadwick ; readings by Meryl Streep. Originally broadcast on the television program American experience in 1993. Special features: DVD-ROM link to American Experience website; other products of interest.

Summary:

Witness the life of passionate biologist and environmentalist, Rachel Carson, and how she exposed the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides by the federal government, and sparked a revolution in environmental policy.

Series:

Becoming green ; v.4

OCLC:

(OCoLC)232150612

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)