Bibliograph

Rachel Carson's Silent spring, a Peace River Films production for American Experience

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Label

Rachel Carson's Silent spring, a Peace River Films production for American Experience

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Rachel Carson's Silent spring

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

144513883

Responsibility statement

a Peace River Films production for American Experience

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Summary

"With a passion for nature instilled in her at an early age, writer and biologist Rachel Carson became a fearless champion for the environment. She had been a biologist for the federal government when she first took note of the effects of the unregulated use of pesticides and herbicides. Carson's great love of the natural world drove her to write an exposé of the chemical industry, specifically its unregulated use of DDT. Defying her failing health and risking her reputation, Carson published her controversial work, Silent Spring, in 1962. She was viciously attacked, called 'an ignorant and hysterical woman, ' but her warning sparked a revolution in environmental policy and created a new ecological consciousness."--Container

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Silent spring

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