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First the Seed : The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Science and Technology in Society SeriesPublisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (450 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780299192433
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: First the SeedDDC classification:
  • 631.5/2
LOC classification:
  • SB117
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 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 deployment -- 10. Conclusion -- 11. Still the seed: plant biotechnology in the twenty-first century -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- 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 deployment -- 10. Conclusion -- 11. Still the seed: plant biotechnology in the twenty-first century -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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