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BL
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992288
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b746658
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| Main Entry
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Carson, Rachel,1907-1964
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| Title & Author
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Silent spring /\ by Rachel Carson ; drawings by Lois and Louis Darling.
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| Publication Statement
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Boston :: Houghton Mifflin Company ;Cambridge [Massachusetts] :: The Riverside Press,, 1962.
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x pages, 6 unnumbered pages, 368 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0395075068
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: 039516611X
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: 0395683297
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: 061825305X
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: 9780395075067
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: 9780395166116
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: 9780395683293
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: 9780618253050
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-355) and index.
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| Contents
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A fable for tomorrow -- The obligation to endure -- Elixirs of death -- Surface waters and underground seas -- Realms of the soil -- Earth's green mantle -- Needless havoc -- And no birds sing -- Rivers of death -- Indiscriminately from the skies -- Beyond the dreams of the Borgias -- The human price -- Through a narrow window -- One in every four -- Nature fights back -- Rumblings of an avalanche -- Other road.
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"An important, controversial account ... of the way in which man's use of poisons to control insect pests and unwanted vegetation is changing the balance of nature." Booklist.
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Insect pests-- Biological control.
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Pesticides and wildlife.
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Pesticides-- Environmental aspects.
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Pesticides-- Toxicology.
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Insect pests-- Biological control.
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Pesticides and wildlife.
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Pesticides-- Environmental aspects.
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Pesticides-- Toxicology.
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Environmental Health.
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Insect Control.
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Pesticides.
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Chasse.
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Insectes nuisibles, Lutte biologique contre les.
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Pesticides-- Toxicologie.
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Environmental pollutants-- U.S.
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Insect pests-- Biological control.
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Pesticides and wildlife.
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Pesticides-- Environmental aspects.
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Pesticides-- Toxicology.
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| Dewey Classification
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301.3
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632.95
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| LC Classification
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SB959.C3 1962
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| NLM classification
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QX 600C321s 1962
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48.54bcl
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| Added Entry
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Darling, Lois
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Darling, Louis
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| Added Entry
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Houghton Mifflin Company,publisher.
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Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.),printer.
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