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First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
©2004.
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| Edición: | 2nd edition. |
| Colección: | Science and technology in society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of tables; List of figures; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgments; Lists of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Science, agriculture, and social change; 3. The genetic foundation of American agriculture; 4. Public science ascendant: plant breeding comes of age; 5. Heterosis and the social division of labor; 6. Plant breeders' rights and the social division of labor: historical perspective; 7. Seeds of struggle; plant genetic resources in the world system; 8. Outdoing evolution: biotechnology, botany, and business.
- 9. Directions for deployment10. Conclusion; 11. Still the seed: plant biotechnology in the twenty-first century; Notes; References; Index.