Silent Spring at 50 / The False Crises of Rachel Carson

Meiners, Roger

ISBN 10: 1937184994 ISBN 13: 9781937184995

Editorial: Cato Institute, 2012

Idioma: Ingl�s

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2012, 364pp, Nette hardcover, maar zonder stofomslag. Neat hardcover / No dustjacket.

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T�tulo

Silent Spring at 50 / The False Crises of Rachel Carson

Editor

Cato Institute

Fecha de publicaci�n

2012

Idioma

Ingl�s

ISBN 10

1937184994

ISBN 13

9781937184995

Encuadernaci�n

Encuadernaci�n de tapa dura

Estado

fine

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Sinopsis

Widely credited with launching the modern environmental movement when published 50 years ago, Rachel Carson�s Silent Spring had a profound impact on our society. As an iconic work, the book has often been shielded from critical inquiry, but this landmark anniversary provides an excellent opportunity to reassess its legacy and influence. In Silent Spring at 50: The False Crises of Rachel Carson a team of national experts explores the book�s historical context, the science it was built on, and the policy consequences of its core ideas. The conclusion makes it abundantly clear that the legacy of Silent Spring is highly problematic. While the book provided some clear benefits, a number of Carson�s major arguments rested on what can only be described as deliberate ignorance. Despite her reputation as a careful writer widely praised for building
her arguments on science and facts, Carson�s best-seller contained significant errors and sins of omission. Much of what was presented as certainty then was slanted, and today we know much of it is simply wrong.

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Roger E. Meiners is chairman of the department of economics at the University of Texas at Arlington and a senior fellow at the Property & Environment Research Center, Bozeman, MT. Pierre Desrochers is associate professor of geography at the University of Toronto and senior research fellow at the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University. Andrew P. Morriss is professor of law and business at the University of Alabama and a senior fellow at the Property & Environment Research Center, Bozeman, MT.