Robert K. Musil redefines the achievements and legacy of environmental pioneer and scientist Rachel Carson, linking her work to a wide network of American women activists and writers and introducing her to a new, contemporary audience.
Robert K. Musil redefines the achievements and legacy of environmental pioneer and scientist Rachel Carson, linking her work to a wide network of American women activists and writers and introducing her to a new, contemporary audience.
ROBERT K. MUSIL is President and CEO of The Rachel Carson Council, Inc., senior fellow at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University in Washington, D.C., and author of Hope for a Heated Planet. He is the former CEO of the Nobel Peace Prize–winning Physicians for Social Responsibility and an award-winning journalist.
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List of Figures Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Have You Seen the Robins? Rachel Carson's Mother and the Tradition of Women Naturalists 2. Don't Harm the People: Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and Their Heirs Take On Polluting Industries 3. Carson and Her Sisters: Rachel Carson Did Not Act Alone 4. Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest Williams, and Ecological Empathy 5. The Environment around Us and inside Us: Ellen Swallow Richards, Silent Spring, and Sandra Steingraber 6. Rachel Carson, Devra Davis, Pollution, and Public Policy 7. Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn: Endocrine Disruption and Ethics Epilogue Notes Index
List of Figures Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Have You Seen the Robins? Rachel Carson's Mother and the Tradition of Women Naturalists 2. Don't Harm the People: Ellen Swallow Richards, Dr. Alice Hamilton, and Their Heirs Take On Polluting Industries 3. Carson and Her Sisters: Rachel Carson Did Not Act Alone 4. Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest Williams, and Ecological Empathy 5. The Environment around Us and inside Us: Ellen Swallow Richards, Silent Spring, and Sandra Steingraber 6. Rachel Carson, Devra Davis, Pollution, and Public Policy 7. Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn: Endocrine Disruption and Ethics Epilogue Notes Index
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