Rachel Carson : legacy and challenge / edited by Lisa H. Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore.

Other author Sideris, Lisa H.
Other author Moore, Kathleen Dean.
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2008.
Descriptionix, 287 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesSUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics
SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics. ^A515215
Contents A legacy of activism and advocacy -- One patriot / Terry Tempest Williams -- Rachel Carson's scientific and ocean legacies / Jane Lubchenco -- Rachel Carson and George J. Wallace : why public environmental scientists should be advocates for nature / Peter C. List -- Ethics on land and at sea -- Rachel Carson's environmental ethics / Philip Cafaro -- Thinking like a mackerel : Rachel Carson's Under the sea-wind as a source for a trans-ecotonal sea ethic / Susan Power Bratton -- The conceptual foundations of Rachel Carson's sea ethic / J. Baird Callicott and Elyssa Back -- Rachel Carson's The sea around us, ocean-centrism, and a nascent ocean ethic / Gary Kroll -- Reflections on gender and science -- The ecological body : Rachel Carson, Silent spring, and breast cancer / Lisa H. Sideris -- Science and spirit : struggles of the early Rachel Carson / Maril Hazlett -- "Silence, miss Carson!" : science, gender, and the reception of Silent spring / Michael Smith -- An ongoing toxic discourse -- After Silent spring : ecological effects of pesticides on public health and on birds and other organisms / David Pimentel -- Contested icons : Rachel Carson and DDT / Steve Maguire -- In her footsteps / Christopher Merrill -- Living downstream of Silent spring / Sandra Steingraber -- A legacy of wonder -- The secular and religious sources of Rachel Carson's sense of wonder / Lisa H. Sideris -- How to value a flower : locating beauty in toxic landscapes / Vera Norwood -- The truth of the barnacles : Rachel Carson and the moral significance of wonder / Kathleen Dean Moore.
Local noteLittle-351613--305131037925$
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007037536
ISBN9780791474716 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0791474712 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780791474723 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0791474720 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QH31.C33 R33 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold