Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : DDT (Insecticide)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
DDT
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : DDT (Insecticide)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism
Author: Thomas R. DunlapPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295988344
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson'sSilent Springand its assault on insecticides. The documents collected by Thomas Dunlap trace shifting attitudes toward DDT and pesticides in general through a variety of sources: excerpts from scientific studies and government reports, advertisements from industry journals, articles from popular magazines, and the famous "Fable for Tomorrow" fromSilent Spring. Beginning with attitudes toward nature at the turn of the twentieth century, the book moves through the use and early regulation of pesticides; the introduction and early success of DDT; the discovery of its environmental effects; and the uproar overSilent Spring. It ends with recent debates about DDT as a potential solution to malaria in Africa. "A superb collection. Included here are the texts that galvanized Rachel Carson to writeSilent Springand inspired her to insist on a new vision of cooperation between man and nature. Dunlap's book provides the context for one of the defining debates of our time and shows us why a resolution remains so elusive." - Linda Lear, biographer and author ofRachel Carson: Witness for Nature "To understand how DDT could win its developer a Nobel Prize and then be banned just decades later, read this book. Read it, too, if you want to understand the modern environmental movement. In these pages, those who helped make history tell you, in their own words, what happened." - Edmund P. Russell, University of Virginia "This thought-provoking and occasionally surprising collection of readings brings needed attention to Rachel Carson and her work. Dunlap's book will prove valuable for classes in environmental studies and American environmental history and for historians studying conflicts over pesticides." - Nancy Langston, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison "A fascinating and thought-provoking collection of texts that will give readers whole new perspectives on this critical controversy in the history of environmental thought." - William Cronon, University of Wisconsin-Madison "Students can use this collection to gain greater understanding of the development of the environmental movement, changing ideas about progress, science, and technology, as well as changing ideas about the role of nature in the modern world." - David Stradling, University of Cincinnati Thomas R. Dunlapis professor of history at Texas A & M University. He is the author of four books includingFaith in Nature: Environmentalism as Religious QuestandDDT: Scientists, Citizens, and Public Policy.
Federal Register
Author: Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on Agricultural Research and General LegislationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pesticides
Languages : en
Pages : 1266
Book Description
Agriculture--environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations for 1975
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture--Environmental and Consumer Protection AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
Book Description
Agriculture-environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1975, Hearings Before ... 93-2
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Agriculture--environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations for 1975: Environmental programs
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture--Environmental and Consumer Protection AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1156
Book Description
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Powerlessness
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Migratory LaborPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Migrant agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Powerlessness: A-C. Pesticides and the farmworker. 3 v
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Migratory LaborPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
Book Description
Department of Agriculture Appropriation Bill
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description