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Silent Spring
Silent Spring describes the harmful effects of pesticides on the environment, and is widely credited with helping launch the environmental movement.
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The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica
With over 25 percent of its land set aside in national parks and other protected areas, Costa Rica is renowned worldwide as “the green republic.” Sterling Evans explores the establishment of the country’s national park system.
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Carson's Silent Spring: A Reader's Guide
Carson’s Silent Spring: A Reader’s Guide provides an in-depth analysis and contextualization of Silent Spring. It also surveys the lasting impact the text has had on the environmentalist movement in the last fifty years.
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Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future
Bron Taylor examines the evolution of “green religions” in North America and beyond.
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Animal Metropolis: Histories of Human-Animal Relations in Urban Canada
This collection brings a Canadian perspective to the growing field of animal history, ranging across species and cities, from the beavers who engineered Stanley Park to the carthorses who shaped the city of Montreal. Some essays consider animals as spectacle, while others examine the bodily intimacies of shared urban spaces.