HSPLS site	Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   My Account   Databases   HI Newspaper   eBooks/Audiobooks   Learning   PC Reservation   Reading Program

Basic Advanced Power History

Search:  Title BrowseAuthor BrowseSubject BrowseBest Seller BrowseMusic Title BrowseVideo/DVD Title BrowseJournal/Newspaper Title BrowseSerial Title BrowseSeries Browse (includes Bestseller List)General KeywordTitle KeywordAuthor KeywordSubject KeywordName KeywordSeries KeywordScore Title BrowseTalking Book Title BrowseAwards Note BrowseBib No.Barcode       Refine Search     > You're searching: HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM

Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Souder, William, 1949-     Subjects     Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.     Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. Silent spring.     Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 -- Influence.     Marine biologists -- United States -- Biography.     Naturalists -- United States -- Biography.     Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.     Science writers -- United States -- Biography.     Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History.     Environmentalism -- United States -- History.     Environmental ethics -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Souder, William, 1949-       by title:      On a farther shore :...         MARC Display

On a farther shore : the life and legacy of Rachel Carson / William Souder. by Souder, William, 1949- New York : Crown Publishers, c2012. Subjects Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.   Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. Silent spring.   Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964 -- Influence.   Marine biologists -- United States -- Biography.   Naturalists -- United States -- Biography.   Environmentalists -- United States -- Biography.   Science writers -- United States -- Biography.   Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- United States -- History.   Environmentalism -- United States -- History.   Environmental ethics -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9780307462206 : 030746220X 9780307462213 0307462218 Description:  496 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  pt. 1. Water world. Miss Carson's book ; Bright as the midday sun ; Biologizing ; The English connection and the ocean deep ; This beautiful and sublime world ; Author triumphant -- pt. 2. Silent spring. Dorothy ; The enduring sea ; Earth on fire ; Collateral damage ; High tides and low. Requests:  0 Summary:  Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus and malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its use expanded, alarming reports surfaced of collateral damage to fish, birds, and other wildlife. Silent Spring was a chilling indictment of DDT and its effects, and it shocked the public and forced the government to take action despite a withering attack on Carson from the chemicals industry. The book awakened the world to the heedless contamination of the environment and eventually led to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and to the banning of DDT and a host of related pesticides.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 508.092 Carson So Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Biography B Carson So Checked In Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 508.092 Carson So Checked In Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Biography B Carson So Checked In Add Copy to MyList

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.