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"The Affective Legacy of Silent Spring"
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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Why Europe Responded Differently from the United States | Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
This is Chapter 9 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
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Photograph of Rachel Carson testifying before Congress, 1963
Rachel Carson testifying before the Senate Government Operations subcommitte.
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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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Tributaries of Radical Environmentalism before Earth First! | Radical Environmentalism’s Print History
Bron Taylor discusses books, authors, and other streams of American counterculture which had significant impacts on radical environmentalism and the founding of the Earth First! movement.
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The Greening of a Nation? Environmentalism in the United States Since 1945
A study of environmentalism in post-World War II United States.
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Further Reading | Radical Environmentalism’s Print History
Bron Taylor compiles a selected bibliography on literature connected to the history of radical environmental movements in the United States.
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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.