First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 /

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First the seed spotlights the history of plant breeding and shows how efforts to control the seed have shaped the emergence of the agricultural biotechnology industry. This second edition of a classic work in the political economy of science includes an extensive, new chapter updating the analysis t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kloppenburg, Jack Ralph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2004.
Edición:2nd edition.
Colección:Science and technology in society.
Temas:
Seed industry and trade > United States.
Plant breeding > United States.
Plant biotechnology > United States.
Seed industry and trade.
Plant breeding.
Plant biotechnology.
Seeds.
Biotechnology
Seeds
Semences > Industrie > États-Unis.
Plantes > Amélioration > États-Unis.
Plantes > Biotechnologie > États-Unis.
Semences > Industrie.
Plantes > Amélioration.
Plantes > Biotechnologie.
Biotechnologie.
Semences.
bioengineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
Plant biotechnology
Plant breeding
Seed industry and trade
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:First the seed spotlights the history of plant breeding and shows how efforts to control the seed have shaped the emergence of the agricultural biotechnology industry. This second edition of a classic work in the political economy of science includes an extensive, new chapter updating the analysis to include the most recent developments in the struggle over the direction of crop genetic engineering.--Publisher description.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 425 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-419) and index.
ISBN:0299192431
9780299192433

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