Contents

1. SILENT SPRING AT 50

2. THE LADY WHO STARTED ALL THIS

3. THE INTELLECTUAL GROUNDWATERS OF SILENT SPRING: RETHINKING RACHEL CARSON’S PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL THOUGHT

4. SILENT SPRING AS SECULAR RELIGION

5. THE SELECTIVE SILENCE OF SILENT SPRING: BIRDS, PESTICIDES, AND ALTERNATIVES TO PESTICIDES

6. RACHEL CARSON’S HEALTH SCARE

7. THE BALANCE OF NATURE AND “THE OTHER ROAD”: ECOLOGICAL PARADIGMS AND THE MANAGEMENT LEGACY OF SILENT SPRING

8. DID RACHEL CARSON UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DDT IN GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS?

9. AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS AND AGENCY WARS: HOW THE 1950S LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR SILENT SPRING

10. THE FALSE PROMISE OF FEDERALIZATION

11. THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE: SILENT SPRING’S TOXIC LEGACY

12. RISK OVER-SIMPLIFIED: THE ENDURING AND UNFORTUNATE LEGACY OF SILENT SPRING

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