| Main Title |
Rachel Carson and her sisters : extraordinary women who have shaped America's environment / |
| Author |
Musil, Robert K.,
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| Publisher |
Rutgers University Press, |
| Year Published |
2014 |
| OCLC Number |
862102561 |
| ISBN |
9780813562421; 0813562422; 9780813576213; 0813576210 |
| Subjects |
Women environmentalists--United States--Biography ;
Women naturalists--United States ;
Women and the environment--United States ;
Environmentalism--United States ;
Conservation of Natural Resources ;
Environmental Health ;
Environmental Pollution ;
Umwelt--(DE-588)4061616-2 ;
Frau--(DE-588)4018202-2 ;
USA--(DE-588)4078704-7
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| Additional Subjects |
Carson, Rachel,--1907-1964
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| Internet Access |
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJAM |
QH31.C33M87 2014 |
WISE |
Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA |
10/19/2015 |
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| Collation |
xv, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
Have you seen the robins? Rachel Carson's mother and the tradition of women naturalists -- Don't harm the people : Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and their heirs take on polluting industries -- Carson and her sisters : Rachel Carson did not act alone -- Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest Williams, and ecological empathy -- The environment around us and inside us : Ellen Swallow Richards, Silent Spring, and Sandra Steingraber -- Rachel Carson, Devra Davis, pollution, and public policy -- Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn : endocrine disruption and ethics. In Rachel Carson and Her Sisters, Robert K. Musil redefines the achievements and legacy of environmental pioneer and scientist Rachel Carson, linking her work to a wide network of American women activists and writers and introducing her to a new, contemporary audience. Rachel Carson was the first American to combine two longstanding, but separate strands of American environmentalism - the love of nature and a concern for human health. Widely known for her 1962 best-seller, Silent Spring, Carson is today often perceived as a solitary "great woman," whose work single-handedly launched a modern environmental movement. But as Musil demonstrates, Carson's life's work drew upon and was supported by already existing movements, many led by women, in conservation and public health. |
| Place Published |
New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| PUB Date Free Form |
©2014 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
unmediated |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
volume |
| Cataloging Source |
RDA |
| LCCN |
2013021944 |
| Merged OCLC records |
875694744; 889890274; 936049002 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20151013154859 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
03851cam 2200661 i 45020 |
