First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg, Jr.
2004
SB117.3 .K57 2004eb
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Title
First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg, Jr.
Author
Edition
2nd edition.
ISBN
0299192431 (electronic bk.)
9780299192433 (electronic bk.)
029919244X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780299192440 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780299192433 (electronic bk.)
029919244X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780299192440 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Published
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2004.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxii, 425 pages) : illustrations, maps
Call Number
SB117.3 .K57 2004eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)290523610
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-419) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
9. Directions for deployment10. Conclusion; 11. Still the seed: plant biotechnology in the twenty-first century; Notes; References; Index.
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Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
Science and technology in society.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Kloppenburg, Jack Ralph. First the seed. 2nd ed. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2004
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