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Silent spring  Cover Image Book Book

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

Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 (Author). Darling, Lois, (illustrator.). Darling, Louis, (illustrator.).

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.

Record details

  • Physical Description: x, 368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin ; 1962.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"First printing"-- T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-355) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 11.5 19 67632.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also issued online.
Subject: Pesticides > Environmental aspects.
Pesticides > Toxicology.
Pesticides and wildlife.
Insect pests > Biological control.
Pesticides > Toxicologie.
Chasse.
Insectes nuisibles, Lutte biologique contre les.
Environmental health.
Insect pests > Control.
Pesticides.
Wildlife conservation.

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