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Industrial and Agricultural Interests Fight Back
This is Chapter 3 of the exhibition “Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring: A book that changed the world” by historian Mark Stoll.
industry
“Chicago’s Temple of Steel: South Works since 1882”
In this Springs article, historian J. R. McNeill considers Chicago’s steel industry both past and present, and the history of the land.
From “Commonwealth of Powder-makers” to Haven for Protected Species: The Chilworth Gunpowder Works
Arcadia, Summer 2021, no. 26
Oil Palm: A Global History
Interview with Jonathan Robins, author of Oil Palm: A Global History
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Jonathan Robins is interviewed on his recent book, Oil Palm: A Global History.
Tyson Kills the Mulberry Fork
Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 16
Industrial and Agricultural Interests Fight Back
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, a Book that Changed the World
This virtual exhibition presents the global reception and impact of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring as well as the book’s legacy in popular culture, music, literature, and the arts.
This version 2, published in 2020, includes minor updates to the original 2012 virtual exhibition (view PDF here) and applies the Environment & Society Portal’s responsive layout.
Mark StollAbout the author
“Shaping the Energy Future”
Guy DeLeonardo of General Electric (GE) highlights the market, business, and technology in energy generation. Motivated by the 1.2 billion people who lack access to reliable electricity, DeLeonardo talks about how renewable resources enter the energy production market through technology, and what alternatives to our present modes of productions can achieve better energy use.
"Metabolic Labor: Broiler Chickens and the Exploitation of Vitality"
Les Beldo proposes thinking about nonhuman contributions to production, including those taking place at the microbiological level, as labor, and offers an ethnographic description of the lives of broiler chickens.
Nature's Past episode 43: "Environmental Scholarship and Environmental Advocacy"
In episode 43 of Nature’s Past, Sean Kheraj speaks with scholars from the Toronto Environmental History Network about the relationship between environmental scholarship and environmental activism.