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First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr...

First the seed : the political economy of plant biotech...

First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr...

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First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr.

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Full title

First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr.

Publisher

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004.

Call Numbers

N631.52/11

Record Identifier

74VKdMRzwDm3

MMS ID

991019878349702626

Language

English

Formats

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...

Publication information

Publisher

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004.

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Wisconsin

Date Published

c2004.

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Scope and Contents

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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Full title

First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg Jr.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Science and technology in society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2004.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N631.52/11

Record Identifier

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

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