Description |
1 online resource (xv, 309 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
Contents |
Introduction -- Have you seen the robins? Rachel Carson's mother and the tradition of women naturalists -- Don't harm the people: Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and their heirs take on polluting industries -- Carson and her sisters: Rachel Carson did not act alone -- Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest Williams, and ecological empathy -- The environment around us and inside us: Ellen Swallow Richards, Silent spring, and Sandra Steingraber -- Rachel Carson, Devra Davis, pollution, and public policy -- Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn: endocrine disruption and ethics -- Epilogue |
Summary |
In Rachel Carson and her sisters, Robert K. Musil redefines the achievements and legacy of environmental pioneer and scientist Rachel Carson, linking her work to a wide network of American women activists and writers and introducing her to a new, contemporary audience. Rachel Carson was the first American to combine two longstanding, but separate strands of American environmentalism -- the love of nature and a concern for human health. Widely known for her 1962 best-seller, Silent spring, Carson is today often perceived as a solitary "great woman," whose work single-handedly launched a modern environmental movement. But as Musil demonstrates, Carson's life's work drew upon and was supported by already existing movements, many led by women, in conservation and public health |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277) and index |
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Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
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Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 fast |
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Women environmentalists -- United States -- Biography
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Women environmentalists -- United States
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Women naturalists -- United States
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Women and the environment -- United States
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Environmentalism -- United States.
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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Environmentalism
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Women and the environment
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Women environmentalists
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Women naturalists
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United States
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780813562438 |
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0813562430 |
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1306463424 |
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9781306463423 |
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