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The Cornerstone of Modern Environmentalism First Published in 1962, Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring 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…

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Biologist Rachel Carson could also write; witness The Sea Around Us, her 1951 best-seller. Ten years later, at 54, she finished another book. It eloquently examined how pesticides like DDT, in use only since the 1940s, were contaminating the food chain. Silent Spring led to a US ban on most uses of DDT in 1972, eight years after Carson's death. It also sparked a global rethinking of man's place in the ecological scheme.

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Magazine-styled website about contemporary culture, politics, and business history, crafted to engage readers on topics ranging from civil rights history to the power of the entertainment industry, environmental politics, sports history, music, film, and the media.

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2012 is the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring. This book which was first published in 1962 is credited with sparking the beginning of the modern environmental movement, especially in the United States.

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This study guide and infographic for Rachel Carson's Silent Spring offer summary and analysis on themes, symbols, and other literary devices found in the text. Explore Course Hero's library of literature materials, including documents and Q&A pairs.

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