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Silent Spring is a watershed moment in the history of environmentalism, credited with launching the modern environmental movement. In synthesizing a jumble of scientific and medical information into a coherent argument, Carson successfully challenged major chemical industries and the idea that modern societies could and should exert mastery over nature at any cost. Her critique remains salient today. This book provides the first in-depth analysis, contextualisation and overview of Silent Spring, a critical work in the history of environmentalism, surveying its lasting impact on the environmentalist movement in the last fifty years.

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29 years ago the Bhopal tragedy...showed how right Rachel Carson was. Now the 'elixirs of death' come in new forms... Joni Seager's [book] is a vital and timely reminder of Rachel Carson's wake up call to humanity that a chemical war can never be won. Dr Vandana Shiva, winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize (the Right Livelihood Award) 1993 Pacy, thought-provoking and challenging...This will become a set text for environmentalists and students of the natural world, but I'd urge that anyone interested in understanding the importance of Carson's life and vital insight, and its relevance to the world 50 years on, should read Joni Seager's book. -- Conor Mark Jameson, author and naturalist Silent Spring was a blockbuster that changed the world. Today, Carson's message has been politicized, misinterpreted and ignored. Joni Seager brilliantly explicates the times in which Carson wrote and shows why Silent Spring remains an essential text for the 21st century. -- Dr. Linda Lear, historian and biographer of Rachel Carson

Pacy, thought-provoking and challenging. A compelling account that will help sustain the vital work Rachel Carson did for us, and the wisdom she shared. This will become a set text for environmentalists and students of the natural world, but I'd urge that anyone interested in understanding the importance of Carson's life and vital insight, and its relevance to the world 50 years on, should read Joni Seager's book. Ecologists have won many battles, inspired by Carson's example, but let's be under no illusions that the 'war on nature' has ended. -- Conor Mark Jameson, author and naturalist Fifty years ago Silent Spring was a blockbuster that changed the world. Today, Carson's message has been politicized, misinterpreted and ignored. Joni Seager brilliantly explicates the times in which Carson wrote and shows why Silent Spring remains an essential text for the 21st century. This is compulsory reading for anyone who thinks about the future of all life. -- Dr. Linda Lear, historian and biographer of Rachel Carson Exactly 29 years ago the Bhopal tragedy, which killed thousands and crippled hundreds of thousands because of a leak from a pesticide plant, showed how right Rachel Carson was in saying pesticides were biocides, they kill people, not just pests. We now have pesticides introduced into plants through genetic engineering. The 'elixirs of death' come in new forms. And instead of controlling pests and weeds, toxic chemicals and GMOs are creating super pests and super weeds. Joni Seager's Carson's Silent Spring is a vital and timely reminder of Rachel Carson's wake up call to humanity that a chemical war can never be won. Dr VDr Vandana Shiva, winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize (the Right Livelihood Award) 1993 20131205

29 years ago the Bhopal tragedy.showed how right Rachel Carson was. Now the 'elixirs of death' come in new forms. Joni Seager's [book] is a vital and timely reminder of Rachel Carson's wake up call to humanity that a chemical war can never be won. Dr Vandana Shiva, winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize (the Right Livelihood Award) 1993 Pacy, thought-provoking and challenging.This will become a set text for environmentalists and students of the natural world, but I'd urge that anyone interested in understanding the importance of Carson's life and vital insight, and its relevance to the world 50 years on, should read Joni Seager's book. -- Conor Mark Jameson, author and naturalist Silent Spring was a blockbuster that changed the world. Today, Carson's message has been politicized, misinterpreted and ignored. Joni Seager brilliantly explicates the times in which Carson wrote and shows why Silent Spring remains an essential text for the 21st century. -- Dr. Linda Lear, historian and biographer of Rachel Carson

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Joni Seager is Professor and Chair of Global Studies at Bentley University, Boston, USA. She is a feminist geographer and environmentalist.

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