| Description |
ix, 287 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics
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SUNY series in environmental philosophy and ethics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Lisa H. Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore -- pt. 1. A legacy of activism and advocacy -- 1. One patriot / Terry Tempest Williams -- 2. Rachel Carson's scientific and ocean legacies / Jane Lubchenco -- 3. Rachel Carson and George J. Wallace : why public environmental scientists should be advocates for nature / Peter C. List -- pt. 2. Ethics on land and at sea -- 4. Rachel Carson's environmental ethics / Philip Cafaro -- 5. Thinking like a mackerel : Rachel Carson's Under the sea-wind as a source for a trans-ecotonal sea ethic / Susan Power Bratton -- 6. Conceptual foundations of Rachel Carson's sea ethic / J. Baird Callicott and Elyssa Back -- 7. Rachel Carson's The sea around us, ocean-centrism, and a nascent ocean ethic / Gary Kroll -- pt. 3. Reflections on gender and science -- 8. Ecological body : Rachel Carson, Silent spring, and breast cancer / Lisa H. Sideris -- 9. Science and spirit : struggles of the early Rachel Carson / Maril Hazlett -- 10. "Silence, miss Carson!" : science, gender, and the reception of Silent spring / Michael Smith -- pt. 4. 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 DDT / Steve Maguire -- 13. In her footsteps / Christopher Merrill -- 14. Living downstream of Silent spring / Sandra Steingraber -- pt. 5. A legacy of wonder -- 15. Secular and religious sources of Rachel Carson's sense of wonder / Lisa H. Sideris -- 16. How to value a flower : locating beauty in toxic landscapes / Vera Norwood -- 17. Truth of the barnacles : Rachel Carson and the moral significance of wonder / Kathleen Dean Moore -- Contributors -- Index. |
| Subject |
Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964.
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Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964. |
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Environmental ethics.
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Environmental ethics. |
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Pesticides -- Environmental aspects.
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Pesticides -- Environmental aspects. |
| Added Author |
Sideris, Lisa H.
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Moore, Kathleen Dean.
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| ISBN |
9780791474723 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780791474716 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0791474712 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0791474720 paperback alkaline paper |
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