First the Seed

The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

Av Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr., Jack Ralph Kloppenburg

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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 to include the most recent developments in the struggle over the direction of crop genetic engineering.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-03-30
Mått155 x 230 x 25 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor468
Upplaga2
FörlagUniversity of Wisconsin Press
ISBN9780299192440

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Agronomi och lantbruk inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

"Puts the thorny questions raised in the biotechnology debate into historical perspective." - Deborah Fitzgerald, ISIS; "Kloppenburg examines the question of whether society will be able to use our enhanced capabilities for manipulating the genetic code to develop and deploy new plant varieties in ways that are economically productive, socially equitable, and ecologically benign." - Eric Roberts, The Times Higher Education Supplement, London"