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Silent spring revolution, John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening, Douglas Brinkley

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Silent spring revolution, John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening, Douglas Brinkley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 807-819) and index

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collective biography

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Silent spring revolution

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bibliography

Oclc number

1350156286

Responsibility statement

Douglas Brinkley

Sub title

John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening

Summary

Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, published in 1962, depicted how detrimental DDT was to living creatures; its publication launched an ecological revolution. Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism from 1960 to 1973. In doing so, he tells the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. While the world still grapples with climate change and resource exhaustion, Brinkley reminds us that a new generation of environmentalists can save the planet from ruin. - adapted from jacket

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John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening

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