Silent spring
Record details
- ISBN: 9780618249060 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0618249060 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780618253050 (hardcover) :
- ISBN: 061825305X (hardcover) :
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Physical Description:
xix, 378 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
print - Edition: 40th anniversary ed., 1st Mariner Books ed.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Mariner book." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-355) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A fable for tomorrow -- The obligation to endure -- Elixirs of death -- Surface waters and underground seas -- Realms of the soil -- Earth's green mantle -- Needless havoc -- And no birds sing -- Rivers of death -- Indiscriminately from the skies -- Beyond the dreams of the Borgias -- The human price -- Through a narrow window -- One in every four -- Nature fights back -- The Rumblings of an avalanche -- The other road. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QH 545 .P4 C37 2002 | 30775305455868 | General Collection | Available | - |
Silent Spring
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Table of Contents
Silent Spring
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Acknowledgments | p. viii | |
Introduction Linda Lear | p. x | |
1 | A Fable for Tomorrow | p. 1 |
2 | The Obligation to Endure | p. 5 |
3 | Elixirs of Death | p. 15 |
4 | Surface Waters and Underground Seas | p. 39 |
5 | Realms of the Soil | p. 53 |
6 | Earth's Green Mantle | p. 63 |
7 | Needless Havoc | p. 85 |
8 | And No Birds Sing | p. 103 |
9 | Rivers of Death | p. 129 |
10 | Indiscriminately from the Skies | p. 154 |
11 | Beyond the Dreams of the Borgias | p. 173 |
12 | The Human Price | p. 187 |
13 | Through a Narrow Window | p. 199 |
14 | One in Every Four | p. 219 |
15 | Nature Fights Back | p. 245 |
16 | The Rumblings of an Availanche | p. 262 |
17 | The Other Road | p. 277 |
List of Principal Sources | p. 301 | |
Afterword Edward O. Wilson | p. 357 | |
Index | p. 365 |