First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr...
First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr...
First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr.
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Publisher
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004.
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N631.52/11
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxii, 425 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents
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...
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Publisher
Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004.
Edition
2nd ed.
Place of Publication
Wisconsin
Date Published
c2004.
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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 str...
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First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr.
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Science and technology in society.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
c2004.
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N631.52/11
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74VKdMRzwDm3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdMRzwDm3
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ISBN
029919244X (pbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
631.52
MMS ID
991019878349702626
