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Silent spring / by Rachel Carson ; drawings by Lois and Louis Darling.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Darling, Lois, illustrator.
Darling, Louis, illustrator.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Pesticides--Environmental aspects.
Pesticides.
Pesticides--Toxicology.
Pesticides and wildlife.
Insect pests--Biological control.
Insect pests.
Beneficial insects--Biological control.
Beneficial insects.
Wildlife conservation.
Environmental Health.
Insect Control.
Insect pests--Control.
Medical Subjects:
Environmental Health.
Insect Control.
Pesticides.
Local Subjects:
Wildlife conservation.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
Physical Description:
x, 368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin ; Cambridge, Mass. : Riverside Press, 1962.
Summary:
"An important, controversial account ... of the way in which man's use of poisons to control insect pests and unwanted vegetation is changing the balance of nature." Booklist.
Contents:
A fable for tomorrow
The obligation to endure
Elixirs of death
Surface waters and underground seas
Realms of the soil
Earth's green mantle
Needless havoc
And no birds sing
Rivers of death
Indiscriminately from the skies
Beyond the dreams of the Borgias
The human price
Through a narrow window
One in every four
Nature fights back
Rumblings of an avalanche
Other road.
Notes:
"First printing"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-355) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. Silent spring.
ISBN:
039516611X
9780395166116
OCLC:
561302

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