Rachel Carson : legacy and challenge / edited by Lisa H. Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sideris, Lisa H.

Moore, Kathleen Dean.

Series:

SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.

Carson, Rachel.

Environmental ethics.

Pesticides--Environmental aspects.

Pesticides.

Physical Description:

ix, 287 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2008]

Summary:

Long before Rachel Carson would become synonymous with environmental activism, she was a nature and science writer, penning The Sense of Wonder for children, and three books about the ocean and its inhabitants-including the bestselling The Sea around Us. Based solidly on science and written in beautiful prose, Carson's work issued a practical and moral challenge to her readers: Can we find a way to live on earth with care and respect? In Rachel Carson, the first book to offer a sustained treatment of her work prior to Silent Spring, editors Lisa H. Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore bring together seventeen writers, activists, and scholars from a range of disciplines to uncover the many sides of Rachel Carson. Exposing her enthusiasm for the natural world and the depth of her writings, the contributors examine her books, speeches, essays, and the letters she wrote as she prepared to die. A testament to Carson's continued influence on environmental thought, this volume is for everyone who cares about finding ways to live sustainably on earth.

Contents:

A legacy of activism and advocacy

One patriot / Terry Tempest Williams

Rachel Carson's scientific and ocean legacies / Jane Lubchenco

Rachel Carson and George J. Wallace : why public environmental scientists should be advocates for nature / Peter C. List

Ethics on land and at sea

Rachel Carson's environmental ethics / Philip Cafaro

Thinking like a mackerel : Rachel Carson's Under the sea-wind as a source for a trans-ecotonal sea ethic / Susan Power Bratton

The conceptual foundations of Rachel Carson's sea ethic / J. Baird Callicott and Elyssa Back

Rachel Carson's The sea around us, ocean-centrism, and a nascent ocean ethic / Gary Kroll

Reflections on gender and science

The ecological body : Rachel Carson, Silent spring, and breast cancer / Lisa H. Sideris

Science and spirit : struggles of the early Rachel Carson / Maril Hazlett

"Silence, miss Carson!" : science, gender, and the reception of Silent spring / Michael Smith

An ongoing toxic discourse

After Silent spring : ecological effects of pesticides on public health and on birds and other organisms / David Pimentel

Contested icons : Rachel Carson and DDT / Steve Maguire

In her footsteps / Christopher Merrill

Living downstream of Silent spring / Sandra Steingraber

A legacy of wonder

The secular and religious sources of Rachel Carson's sense of wonder / Lisa H. Sideris

How to value a flower : locating beauty in toxic landscapes / Vera Norwood

The truth of the barnacles : Rachel Carson and the moral significance of wonder / Kathleen Dean Moore.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791474716

0791474712

9780791474723

0791474720

OCLC:

172521718