The Edge of the Sea

作者: Rachel Carson （雷切尔·卡森）著

出版社: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

出版时间: 2011-11

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780395924969

定价: 136.20

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 276页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>工程技术

The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land. A new generation of readers is discovering why Rachel Carson's books have become cornerstones of the environmental and conservation movements.New introduction by Sue Hubbell. Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and conservationist whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

Carson began her career as a biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her financial security and recognition as a gifted writer. Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and the republished version of her first book, Under the Sea Wind, were also bestsellers. Together, her sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life, from the shores to the surface to the deep sea.

In the late 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation and the environmental problems caused by synthetic pesticides. The result was Silent Spring (1962), which brought environmental concerns to an unprecedented portion of the American public. Silent Spring, while met with fierce denial from chemical companies, spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy—leading to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides—and the grassroots environmental movement the book inspired led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. Carson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter.

美国女作家雷切尔卡森是生态文学史上里程碑式的人物。她以一系列将艺术与科学有机结合的作品表现了大自然的美丽神奇，揭示了重大的环境问题，掀起了世界范围的生态意识浪潮。 Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

I. l'he Marginal World

II. Patterns of Shore Life

III. The Rocky Shores

IV The Rim of Sand

v. The Coral Coast

vI. The Enduring Sea

Appendix: Classification

Index
内容简介:
The edge of the sea is a strange and beautiful place.
A book to be read for pleasure as well as a practical identification guide, The Edge of the Sea introduces a world of teeming life where the sea meets the land. A new generation of readers is discovering why Rachel Carson's books have become cornerstones of the environmental and conservation movements.New introduction by Sue Hubbell.
作者简介:
Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist and conservationist whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

Carson began her career as a biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her financial security and recognition as a gifted writer. Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and the republished version of her first book, Under the Sea Wind, were also bestsellers. Together, her sea trilogy explores the whole of ocean life, from the shores to the surface to the deep sea.

In the late 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation and the environmental problems caused by synthetic pesticides. The result was Silent Spring (1962), which brought environmental concerns to an unprecedented portion of the American public. Silent Spring, while met with fierce denial from chemical companies, spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy—leading to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticides—and the grassroots environmental movement the book inspired led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. Carson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter.

美国女作家雷切尔卡森是生态文学史上里程碑式的人物。她以一系列将艺术与科学有机结合的作品表现了大自然的美丽神奇，揭示了重大的环境问题，掀起了世界范围的生态意识浪潮。
目录:
Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

I. l'he Marginal World

II. Patterns of Shore Life

III. The Rocky Shores

IV The Rim of Sand

v. The Coral Coast

vI. The Enduring Sea

Appendix: Classification

Index