Silent Spring is a watershed moment in the history of environmentalism, credited with launching the modern environmental movement. In synthesizing a jumble of scientific and medical information into a coherent argument, Carson successfully challenged major chemical industries and the idea that modern societies could and should exert mastery over nature at any cost. Her critique remains salient today.This book provides the first in-depth analysis, contextualisation and overview of Silent Spring, a critical work in the history of environmentalism, surveying its lasting impact on the environmentalist movement in the last fifty years.

Product Description: 'When is an atlas a page-turner? When it makes the female half of the world visible in reliable statistics and glorious graphics. Nobody should be without this book.' Gloria Steinem 'A wonderfully illuminating and clear sighted book...read more

Drawing on the latest global data and research, a collection of maps and charts provides key information on the status of women around the world.

Product Description: El presente atlas ofrece una información completa y actualizada sobre la vida y la situación de la mujer en el mundo actual. A través de 34 mapas temáticos se abordan, entre otras, cuestiones relacionadas con su formación académica, su posición en política y en el mundo laboral, la maternidad, el aborto, la violencia domés...read more

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Maps and charts provide information on the status of women around the world

A revised, full-color edition of the State of the Earth Atlas presents graphic representations of key environmental issues based on the latest research and provides a current overview of the health of the planet. Original. 25,000 first printing.

A look at feminism and the environment offers a feminist analysis of the crisis, demonstrates how the implications and experiences of environmental decay are different for men and women and rich and poor, and criticizes environmental organizations.

Product Description: Will procreation become just another commodity in the marketplace with “designer” sperm, ova, and embryos offered for sale? Will the attention and monies focused on the new reproductive technologies take away resources from infertility prevention, prenatal care, and adoption? If states move to regulate such practices, will this encourage widespread governmental interference in reproductive choice? How will society look at the biologically unique children who are the products of genetic manipulation--and more importantly, how will these children view themselves?This controversial book explores the answers to these questions that are frequently being asked as the battles over reproductive technologies and freedoms become more heated and touch more people’s lives...read more

Maps and charts provide information on the status of women around the world