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What a book can do : the publication and reception of Silent spring / Priscilla Coit Murphy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in print culture and the history of the bookPublication details: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2005.Description: xvi, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1558494766 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Contents:
Silent Spring and Its Contexts: "The Right to Know" -- Author and Agent: "Where an Author Can Call His Soul His Own" -- Editors and Publishers: Dealing with a "Super-Ruckus" -- Opposition: "How Do You Fight a Best-Seller?" -- Media: "One Formidable Indictment" -- Audience: "This Ought to Be a Book" -- Conclusion: "Speaking Truth to Power" -- Appendix: Perspectives on the Study of Silent Spring.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks QH545.P4M87 2005 1 Available 33710000988936

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-250) and index.

Silent Spring and Its Contexts: "The Right to Know" -- Author and Agent: "Where an Author Can Call His Soul His Own" -- Editors and Publishers: Dealing with a "Super-Ruckus" -- Opposition: "How Do You Fight a Best-Seller?" -- Media: "One Formidable Indictment" -- Audience: "This Ought to Be a Book" -- Conclusion: "Speaking Truth to Power" -- Appendix: Perspectives on the Study of Silent Spring.