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Title:
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Silent spring
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Authors:
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Rachel Carson, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Edition statement:
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40th anniversary ed., 1st Mariner Books ed.
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Publisher:
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[S.l.] : Houghton Mifflin, 2002
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-618-24906-0
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Size:
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xix, 378 p. / ill. / 21 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-355) and index./ "A Mariner book."/
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QH545.P4
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Subjects:
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Environmental health
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Description:
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First published in 1962, this book alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides. The outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. "Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations ... Even if she had not inspired a generation of activists, Carson would prevail as one of the greatest nature writers in American letters" (Peter Matthiessen, for Time's "100 Most Influential People of the Century")
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