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Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening

byDouglas Brinkley

New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley 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. Silent Spring Revolution rests its case on biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, making room for uncertainty while explaining what the surviving evidence can establish. Silent Spring Revolution also examines the assumptions surrounding its subject, connecting them to wider arguments in biography & autobiography and history.

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780063212916