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"Silent Spring at 50"

A comparative analysis of the reception of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in the United States and in the UK.

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"The Affective Legacy of Silent Spring"

Lockwood, Alex

Alex Lockwood tries to measure the importance of Rachel Carson’s work in its affective influence on contemporary environmental writing across the humanities.

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Rachel Carson and the Power of Queer Love

Maxwell, Lida

In this book, Lida Maxwell shows how Silent Springs stands as a monument to a unique, loving relationship between Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, and how such love underpins a new environmental politics.

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Wrenched

Wrenched captures the passing of the monkey wrench from the pioneers of eco-activism to the new generation who carries Edward Abbey’s legacy into the 21st century. The fight continues to bring awareness to the need for protection of the last bastion of the American wilderness - the spirit of the West.

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Earth First! 7, no. 2

In this issue of Earth First!, Howie Wolke debates the negative consequences of roadbuilding on the public lands. Captain Paul Watson gives an update about the butchering of whales on Iceland, Laura Gold sorts out the concept of Wilderness, and the Earth First!ers of the LA area call for a boycott of the Los Angeles Zoo.

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