History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2130 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Silent Spring
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The idea
In nineteen sixty-two the biologist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, which Digital History says did more to awaken environmental consciousness than any other single work.
In practice
The Yawp's description: an unparalleled argument for the interconnectedness of ecological and human health.
Where people slip
The anchor's chapters do not carry the environmental movement; these entries come from the witnesses.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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