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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822215303321

Autore

Kloppenburg Jack Ralph

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-282-26940-2

9786612269400

0-299-19243-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxii, 425 p. : ill., maps

Collana

Science and technology in society

Disciplina

631.5/2

Soggetti

Seed industry and trade - United States

Plant breeding - United States

Plant biotechnology - United States

Seed industry and trade

Plant breeding

Plant biotechnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-419) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.