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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (Paperback, 2000)
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Silent Spring: Rachel Carson (Penguin Modern Classics) by Rachel Carson is a groundbreaking book that has had a significant impact on the environmental movement. Pre owned but in great condition
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Rachel Carson's 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. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Lord Shackleton, a preface by World Wildlife Fund founder Julian Huxley, and an afterword by Carson's biographer Linda Lear. Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, Silent Spring exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Rachel Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement. It is thanks to this book, and the help of many environmentalists, that harmful pesticides such as DDT were banned from use in the US and countries around the world. If you enjoyed Silent Spring, you might like John Christopher's The Death of Grass, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780141184944
eBay Product ID (ePID)88528791
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NameSilent Spring
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeology
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
AuthorRachel Carson
SeriesPenguin Modern Classics
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight234 g
Item Width129 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRachel Carson
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- 05 Sep, 2018
Essential Reading!
Although written in the 60’s, the content is even more relevant today. The book is easy to read even though it gives lots of scientific data and chemical property information. The worry is, that even though the concern expressed about widespread pollution in all its forms was clearly expressed in the book, nothing much has been done to reduce it. We are rapidly getting to the point of no return. Scary reading!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 20 Jul, 2022
A hugely important read
Even 70 years on this remains hugely prescient and a really important read. The Penguin Modern Classics edition includes thoughtful introductions which illuminate the context and the continuing relevance.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 May, 2023
Essential Reading.
The book everyone should read if you want to see where we’ve come from and think about the cancer causing weed killers that are currently used in our cities.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 23 Jun, 2021
Book worth reading
This 60 year old book is as fresh as a daisy and compelling in it’s subject matter. Read it!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Jun, 2024
I have been meaning to get this book for 45 years, this was the easiest way.
I have been meaning to get this book for 45 years, this was the easiest way.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Jun, 2020
Silent Spring
This book I believe started the environmental movement by highlighting the abuse of the environment with chemicals used indescriminately. It is therefore a very important work.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 07 Jul, 2023
In depth analysis of nature destruction by chemicals
This book is essential reading for anyone interested in conservation and understanding the damage done by human beings to the earth.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 19 Mar, 2025
Great condition, a book everyone interes...
Great condition, a book everyone interested in man’s destruction of wildlife and nature through greed should read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 20 Oct, 2023
A must read book
The key book that describes the future effects of human abuse of planet earthVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 03 Nov, 2023
a modern classic.
Seminal book that everyone should read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
