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DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism Classic Texts / edited by Thomas R. Dunlap ; foreword by William Cronon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dunlap, Thomas, Author.
- Series:
- Weyerhaeuser environmental classics.
- Weyerhaeuser environmental classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. Silent spring.
- Silent spring (Carson, Rachel).
- Environmentalism.
- DDT (Insecticide)--Environmental aspects.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- No single event played a greater role in the birth of modern environmentalism than the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and 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” from Silent 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 over Silent Spring. It ends with recent debates about DDT as a potential solution to malaria in Africa.
- Contents:
- The ecological foundations of applied entomology / Stephen A. Forbes
- The war against insects / Leland O. Howard
- A study of the effects of lead arsenate exposure on orchardists and consumers of sprayed fruit / Paul Neal
- Toxicity and potential dangers of aerosols, mists, and dusting powders containing DDT / Paul Neal
- How magic is DDT? / James Stevens Simmons
- Aerosol insecticides
- Achievements and possibilities in pest eradication / Clay Lyle
- The Food and Drug Administration looks at insecticides / Paul B. Dunbar
- DDT and its effect on fish and wildlife / Clarence Cottam and Elmer Higgins
- Notes on some ecological effects of DDT sprayed on elms / Roy J. Barker
- Editorial from Bird study
- The status of the peregrine in Great Britain / Derek A. Ratcliffe
- Pesticides and the living landscape / Robert Rudd
- Interview with Joseph J. Hickey / Thomas R. Dunlap
- Backfire in the war against insects / Robert S. Strother
- Heroine of FDA keeps bad drug off market / Morton Mintz
- A fable for tomorrow / Rachel Carson
- Use of pesticides / President's Science Advisory Committee
- Communications create understanding / Robert H. White-Stevens
- The myth of the pesticide menace / Edwin Diamond
- DDT : its days are numbered, except perhaps in pepper fields / Robert Gillette
- Intended consequences / Thomas Sowell
- Rereading Silent spring / Thomas R. Hawkins
- If malaria's the problem, DDT's not the only answer / May Berenbaum.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-144) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-295-99895-4
- OCLC:
- 1273306236
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