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Silent Spring Revisited
Silent Spring Revisited
Silent Spring Revisited
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Silent Spring Revisited

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American scientist and author Rachel Carson is said to have sparked the modern day environmental movement with the publication of Silent Spring in 1962. She made vivid the prospect of life without birdsong. But has her warning been heeded?

Fifty years on, Conor Mark Jameson reflects on the growth of environmentalism since Silent Spring was published. His revealing and engaging tale plots milestone events in conservation, popular culture and political history in the British Isles and beyond, tracing a path through the half century since 'zero hour', 1962.

Around this he weaves his own observations and touching personal experiences, seeking to answer the question: what happened to the birds, and birdsong, and why does it matter?
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 10, 2012
ISBN9781408157619
Silent Spring Revisited
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Conor Mark Jameson

Conor Mark Jameson, an award-winning writer and naturalist, is author of Silent Spring Revisited, Shrewdunnit and Looking for the Goshawk. He is a feature writer and has written for television and radio. He is Scots-Irish, Ugandan-born and lives in a corner of the forest in Cambridgeshire.

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    A decade-by-decade review of British environmental policy since the 1960s, broadly, intermingled with Jameson's own personal reflections on natural history and many contextualizing references to political and popular culture. There isn't as much reference back to Carson's book as I expected there might but, but the overall effect is still quite good.

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