1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451761303321

Autore

Parry Bronwyn

Titolo

Trading the genome [[electronic resource] ] : investigating the commodification of bio-information / / Bronwyn Parry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-231-50929-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

Biotechnology - Social aspects

Germplasm resources

Bioinformatics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of author's PHD thesis entitled The fate of the collections--University of Cambridge, 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-308) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE COLLECTION OF NATURE AND THE NATURE OF COLLECTING -- 3. SPEEDUP -- 4. NEW COLLECTORS, NEW COLLECTIONS -- 5. THE FATE OF THE COLLECTIONS -- 6. TAMING THE SLIPPERY BEAST -- 7. BACK TO THE FUTURE -- APPENDIX: METHODOLOGY -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In a groundbreaking work that draws on anthropology, history, philosophy, business and law, Parry links firsthand knowledge of the operation of the bioprospecting industry to a sophisticated analysis of broader economic, regulatory, and technological transformations to reveal the complex economic and political dynamics that underpin the new global trade in bio-information.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394173403316

Titolo

By the King, a proclamation for the better government of the county of Glocester, and for the security of His Majesties good subjects there [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Printed at Oxford, : By Leonard Lichfield ..., 1642

Descrizione fisica

1 broadside

Altri autori (Persone)

Charles, King of England,  <1600-1649.>

Soggetti

Garrisons - England - Gloucestershire - History

Proclamations - Great Britain

Great Britain History, Military 1603-1714

Great Britain Politics and government 1642-1649

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Given at our court at Oxford this third day of March, in the eighteenth yeare of our reigne.

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

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