Rachel Carson challenging authors /
Karen F. Stein University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA Rachel Carson is the twentieth century's most significant environmentalist. Her books about the sea blend science and poetry as they invite readers to share her celebration of the ocean's wonders. Silent Spring, her graphic and compe...
| Main Author: | Stein, Karen F. |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Rotterdam :
SensePublishers,
©2012.
Rotterdam : [2012] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Series: |
Critical literacy teaching series, challenging authors and genre ;
v. 2. |
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| Summary: |
Karen F. Stein University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA Rachel Carson is the twentieth century's most significant environmentalist. Her books about the sea blend science and poetry as they invite readers to share her celebration of the ocean's wonders. Silent Spring, her graphic and compelling exposé of the damage caused by the widespread aerial spraying of persistent organic pesticides such as DDT, opened our eyes to the interconnectedness of all living beings and the ecological systems we inhabit. Carson's work challenges our belief that science and technology can control the natural world, asks us to recognize our place in the world around us, and inspires us to treat the earth respectfully. She calls us to rekindle our sense of wonder at nature's power and beauty, and to tread lightly on the earth so that it will continue to sustain us and our descendants. This book guides readers on a journey through Carson's life and work, considers Carson's legacies, and points to some of the continuing challenges to sustainability. It provides a listing of resources for reading, learning, or teaching about the environment, about nature writing, and about Carson and the crucial issues she addressed. |
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Includes bibliographical references. Karen F. Stein University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA Rachel Carson is the twentieth century's most significant environmentalist. Her books about the sea blend science and poetry as they invite readers to share her celebration of the ocean's wonders. Silent Spring, her graphic and compelling exposé of the damage caused by the widespread aerial spraying of persistent organic pesticides such as DDT, opened our eyes to the interconnectedness of all living beings and the ecological systems we inhabit. Carson's work challenges our belief that science and technology can control the natural world, asks us to recognize our place in the world around us, and inspires us to treat the earth respectfully. She calls us to rekindle our sense of wonder at nature's power and beauty, and to tread lightly on the earth so that it will continue to sustain us and our descendants. This book guides readers on a journey through Carson's life and work, considers Carson's legacies, and points to some of the continuing challenges to sustainability. It provides a listing of resources for reading, learning, or teaching about the environment, about nature writing, and about Carson and the crucial issues she addressed. Rachel Carson: Challenging Authors -- DEDICATION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- RACHEL CARSON, ENVIRONMENTALISM, AND THE WEB OF LIFE -- CHAPTER 1: BIOGRAPHY1: Rachel Carson: The Poet Laureate of the Sea (Ballard) -- CHILDHOOD -- EDUCATION -- CAREER AT THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND EARLY PUBLICATIONS -- CAREER AFTER LEAVING THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE -- POLITICAL ACTIVITY -- HONORS, AWARDS AND PUBLIC SPEAKING -- CARSON'S LAST YEARS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2: NATURE WRITING: A WHIRLWIND TOUR -- CHAPTER 3: BOOKS ABOUT THE SEA: Who has known the Ocean? -- UNDER THE SEA WIND -- Writing the Book -- Summary of the Book -- Responses to the Book -- Reviews of the Book -- THE SEA AROUND US -- Writing the Book -- Summary of the Book -- Part I. Mother Sea? -- Part II. The Restless Sea -- Part III. Man and the Sea about Him -- Responses to the Book -- THE EDGE OF THE SEA -- Writing the Book -- Summary of the book -- Responses to the Book -- CHAPTER 4: WORDS TO LIVE BY: CARSON'S OTHER WRITING: Field Notes, Essays, Reviews, and Government Brochures -- GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS -- ESSAYS IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES -- Undersea -- SPEECHES -- Honorary Degree Scripps College June 1962 Of Man and the Stream of Time -- National Council of Women of the U.S. Oct 11, 1962 -- National Womena's Press Club speech Dec 5, 1962 -- Cullum medal of the American Geographic Society December 5, 1963 -- TV SCRIPT CLOUDS -- THE SENSE OF WONDER -- LETTERS TO DOROTHY FREEMAN -- CHAPTER 5: SILENT SPRING (1962) -- BACKGROUND ON PESTICIDES BEFORE DDT -- Pest Control in Agriculture -- Early U.S. Government Regulation of Pesticides -- DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF DDT(DICHLORO-DIPHENYL-TRICHLOROETHANE) -- Use of DDT in World War II -- DDT in the Cold War -- Early Challenges to DDT U -- CARSON TAKES ON THE CHALLENGE -- SILENT SPRING: SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION OF THE BOOK -- 1. A Fable for Tomorrow -- 2. The Obligation to endure -- 3. Elixirs of Death -- 4. Surface Waters and Underground Seas -- 5. Realms of the Soil -- 6. Earth's Green Mantle -- 7. Needless Havoc -- 8. And No Birds Sing -- 9. Rivers of Death -- 10. Indiscriminately from the Skies -- 11. Beyond the Dreams of the Borgias -- 12. The Human Price -- 13. Through a Narrow Window -- 14. One in Every Four -- 15. Nature Fights Back -- 15. The Rumblings of an Avalanche -- 17. The Other Road -- TIMELINESS OF THE BOOK -- REASONS FOR THE BOOK'S POPULARITY -- CHEMICAL COMPANY REACTIONS -- REVIEWS OF THE BOOK -- Negative Reviews -- Positive reviews -- CBS REPORTS -- CARSON'S TESTIMONY IN CONGRESS. English. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9789462090682 9462090688 9462090661 9789462090668 |