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Autore |
Kloppenburg Jack Ralph |
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Titolo |
First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg, Jr |
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Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-26940-2 |
9786612269400 |
0-299-19243-1 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xxii, 425 p. : ill., maps |
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Collana |
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Science and technology in society |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Seed industry and trade - United States |
Plant breeding - United States |
Plant biotechnology - United States |
Seed industry and trade |
Plant breeding |
Plant biotechnology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-419) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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