Research Catalog

Title

Silent spring revolution : John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening / Douglas Brinkley.

Author

Brinkley, Douglas

Publication

• New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.
• ©2022

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Holdings

Details

Description

xxx, 857 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

• "Chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon"--
• Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, published in 1962, depicted how detrimental DDT was to living creatures; its publication launched an ecological revolution. Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism from 1960 to 1973. In doing so, he tells the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. While the world still grapples with climate change and resource exhaustion, Brinkley reminds us that a new generation of environmentalists can save the planet from ruin. - adapted from jacket

Subject

• Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963
• Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964
• Johnson, Lyndon B. 1908-1973
• Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994
• Environmentalists > United States > Biography
• Women environmentalists > United States > Biography
• Conservationists > United States > Biography
• Women conservationists > United States > Biography
• Environmentalism > United States
• Conservationists
• Environmentalism
• Environmentalists
• Women conservationists
• Women environmentalists
• United States

Genre/Form

Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 807-819) and index.

Contents

Part I. Protoenvironmentalists (1945-1959). The ebb and flow of John F. Kennedy ; Harry Truman: polluted and radiated America ; Rachel Carson and the shore of the sea ; William O. Douglas and the protoenvironmentalists ; Wilderness politics, Dinosaur National Monument, and the Nature Conservancy ; Saving shorelines ; Protesting plastics, nuclear testing, and DDT -- Part II. John F. Kennedy's new frontier (1961-1963). Forging the new frontier: Stewart Udall and Lyndon Johnson ; Wallace Stegner's "Wilderness letter" ; The green face of America ; Rachel Carson, the Laurence Rockefeller Report, and Kennedy's science curve ; The White House Conservation Conference (May 24-25, 1962) ; Rachel Carson's alarm ; Point Reyes (California) and Padre Island (Texas) National Seashores ; Campaigns to save the Hudson River and Bodega Bay ; The tag team of John F. Kennedy, Stewart Udall, and Rachel Carson ; The limited nuclear test ban treaty -- Part III. The environmentalism of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon (1964-1973). JFK's last conservation journey ; The Mississippi fish kill, the Clean Air Act, and American beautification ; The Great Society: Rachel Carson and Howard Zahniser's legacies ; The Wilderness Act of 1964 ; Ending the bulldozing of America ; America's natural heritage: Cape Lookout, Big Bend, the Grand Canyon ; Defenders: historical preservation, endangered species, and bedroll scientists ; "Sue the bastards!" and environmental justice ; The unraveling of America, 1968 ; Lyndon Johnson: champion of wild rivers and national scenic trails (October 2, 1968) ; Taking stock of new conservation wins ; Santa Barbara, the Cuyahoga River, and the National Environmental Policy Act ; Generation Earth Day, 1970-1971 ; Nixon's environmental activism of 1972: the Great Lakes protection, the DDT ban, and the Stockholm Conference -- Epilogue. Last leaves on the tree.

Call Number

JFE 23-783

ISBN

• 9780063212916
• 0063212919

OCLC

• 1350156286
• 1350156286

Author

Brinkley, Douglas, author. Author

Title

Silent spring revolution : John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening / Douglas Brinkley.

Publisher

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Men

Americans

University and college faculty members

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 807-819) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 23-783