Rachel Carson

Legacy and Challenge

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

Av Lisa H. Sideris, Kathleen Dean Moore, Lisa H Sideris

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Leading scholars explore the full range and current significance of Carson's work.Long before Rachel Carson would become synonymous with environmental activism, she was a nature and science writer, penning The Sense of Wonder for children, and three books about the ocean and its inhabitants-including the bestselling The Sea around Us. Based solidly on science and written in beautiful prose, Carson's work issued a practical and moral challenge to her readers: Can we find a way to live on earth with care and respect? In Rachel Carson, the first book to offer a sustained treatment of her work prior to Silent Spring, editors Lisa H. Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore bring together seventeen writers, activists, and scholars from a range of disciplines to uncover the many sides of Rachel Carson. Exposing her enthusiasm for the natural world and the depth of her writings, the contributors examine her books, speeches, essays, and the letters she wrote as she prepared to die. A testament to Carson's continued influence on environmental thought, this volume is for everyone who cares about finding ways to live sustainably on earth.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-05-08
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
Antal sidor297
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791474723

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Acknowledgments Introduction Lisa H. Sideris Part I: A Legacy of Activism and Advocacy 1. One Patriot Terry Tempest Williams2. Rachel Carson’s Scientific and Ocean LegaciesJane Lubchenco 3. Rachel Carson and George J. Wallace: Why Public Environmental Scientists Should be Advocates for NaturePeter C. List Part II: Ethics on Land and at Sea 4. Rachel Carson’s Environmental EthicsPhilip Cafaro 5. Thinking Like a Mackerel: Rachel Carson’s Under the Sea-Wind as a Source for a Trans-Ecotonal Sea EthicSusan Power Bratton 6. The Conceptual Foundations of Rachel Carson’s Sea EthicJ. Baird Callicott and Elyssa Back 7. Rachel Carson’s The Sea Around Us, Ocean-Centrism, and a Nascent Ocean EthicGary Kroll Part III: Reflections on Gender and Science 8. The Ecological Body: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and Breast CancerLisa H. Sideris 9. Science and Spirit: Struggles of the Early Rachel CarsonMaril Hazlett 10. "Silence, Miss Carson!": Science, Gender, and theReception of Silent Spring Michael Smith Part IV: An Ongoing Toxic Discourse 11. After Silent Spring: Ecological Effects of Pesticides on Public Health and on Birds and Other Organisms David Pimentel 12. Contested Icons: Rachel Carson and DDTSteve Maguire 13. In Her FootstepsChristopher Merrill 14. Living Downstream of Silent SpringSandra Steingraber Part V: A Legacy of Wonder 15. The Secular and Religious Sources of Rachel Carson’s Sense of WonderLisa H. Sideris 16. How to Value a Flower: Locating Beauty in Toxic LandscapesVera Norwood 17. The Truth of the Barnacles: Rachel Carson and the Moral Significance of WonderKathleen Dean Moore ContributorsIndex

"The structure of the collection is almost as intriguing as the selections contained within it … The uniqueness of this text is obvious when taken as a whole." — H-Net Reviews (H-Water)"This is a treasure chest of Rachel Carson studies and appreciations. Rich, challenging, and surprising, it will reward the close reader with a fresh sense of respect and affection for the essential Carson." — Robert Michael Pyle, author of Sky Time in Gray's River: Living for Keeps in a Forgotten Place"From grim statistics to women's studies, from religion to public health, and from fish to flowers, these essays offer the data, emotion, and lyricism needed for a complete homage to Rachel Carson. Carson's offspring are flowering in many fields, and this book maps those connections clearly and brightly for anyone wishing to find a new approach to Carson's writing." — Nancy Gift, Director, Rachel Carson Institute