Silent Spring: Rachel Carson - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0141184949 ISBN 13: 9780141184944

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2025

Riassunto

Oggi riconosciuto come uno dei libri più influenti del ventesimo secolo, Primavera silenziosa ha denunciato la distruzione della fauna selvatica attraverso l'uso diffuso di pesticidi. Primavera silenziosa di Rachel Carson ha allertato un vasto pubblico sui pericoli ambientali e umani dei pesticidi, stimolando cambiamenti rivoluzionari nelle leggi che riguardano la nostra aria, terra e acqua. Nonostante la condanna della stampa e i tentativi pesanti dell'industria chimica di vietare il libro, Carson è riuscita a creare una nuova consapevolezza pubblica dell'ambiente che ha portato a cambiamenti nel governo e ha ispirato il movimento ecologico. È grazie a questo libro e all'aiuto di molti ambientalisti che i pesticidi nocivi come il DDT sono stati vietati negli Stati Uniti e in altri paesi del mondo. Questa edizione Penguin Modern Classics include un'introduzione di Lord Shackleton, una prefazione del fondatore del World Wildlife Fund Julian Huxley e una postfazione della biografa di Carson, Linda Lear.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Rachel Carson (1907-1964) spent most of her professional life as a marine biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By the late 1950s, she had written three lyrical, popular books about the sea, including the best-selling The Sea Around Us. An ardent ecologist and preservationist, Carson warned against the dumping of atomic waste at sea and predicted global warming. Silent Spring, which alerted the world to the dangers of the misuse of pesticides, was written against formidable personal odds. With its publication in 1962, Carson shaped a powerful social movement that has altered the course of history.

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Rachel Carson's 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. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Lord Shackleton, a preface by World Wildlife Fund founder Julian Huxley, and an afterword by Carson's biographer Linda Lear.

Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, Silent Spring exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. Despite condemnation in the press and heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book, Rachel Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government and inspired the ecological movement. It is thanks to this book, and the help of many environmentalists, that harmful pesticides such as DDT were banned from use in the US and countries around the world.

Rachel Carson (1907-64) wanted to be a writer for as long as she could remember. Her first book, Under the Sea Wind, appeared in 1941. Silent Spring, which alerted the world to the dangers of the misuse of pesticides, was published in 1962. Carson's articles on natural history appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the New Yorker, Reader's Digest and Holiday. An ardent ecologist and preservationist, Carson warned against the dumping of atomic waste at sea and predicted global warming.

If you enjoyed Silent Spring, you might like John Christopher's The Death of Grass, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0141184949
• ISBN 13: 9780141184944
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 336
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