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1960 s Literature: Some books that changed America in that decade.

Rachel Carson: Silent Spring (1962). How a courageous woman took on the chemical industry and raised important questions about humankind's impact on nature. . Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, which in 1962 exposed the hazards of the pesticide DDT, eloquently questioned humanity's faith in technological progress and helped set the stage for the environmental movement. .

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1960 s Literature: Some books that changed America in that decade.

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    1. 1960s Literature: Some books that changed America in that decade. In addition to Harper Lees novel To Kill a Mockingbird (1960), many other books were published during that decade that would force Americans to look at and think about its changing society.

    3. Rachel Carson causes controversy!

    4. The Evidence is Published

    5. The Battle Rages

    6. Betty Friedan: The Feminine Mystique (1963)

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