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by: Rachel Carson  EAN: 9780140138917 Edition: New Ed Format: Import ISBN: 0140138919 Label: Penguin Books Ltd Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: January 31, 1991 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Studio: Penguin Books Ltd Related Items:
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 Rating:  - The Right to KnowEvery once in a while a book comes a long that has such a profound effect on society that it creates a movement for awareness and betterment. Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, is one of those. Silent Spring did for the environmental movement what Upton Sinclair's The Jungle did for the labor movement and Uncle Tom's Cabin did for the anti-slavery movement. Carson took a stand on environmental abuses, especially against the chemical industry in this work of social criticism. Carson opened the ... Read More Rating:  - Landmark book.Very important work by a very important figure in history, get it, read it, pass it on. Rating: - Of Silent Springs and Loudly PropheciesWith this comedy masterpiece, Rachel Carson launched a thorough and successful assault on pesticides commonly used in agriculture. After nearly 45 years, DDT is no longer used. Every organism on the planet has what was once considered a lethal quantity of it in its cells and the human ones are still alive to whine about the worms in their raspberries. Should you read this book? Yes. It's a thought-provoking indictment, and, like The Jungle 60 years before it, helped shape the world in which ... Read More Rating: - Ahead of its time.This book is more than I expected it to be. It is way ahead of its time and makes an important contribution to the environmental movement. Rating: - Excellent!The book was delivered in good condition and in a timely fashion. I am very pleased with your services. 
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