First the seed : the political economy of plant biotechnology, 1492-2000 / / Jack Ralph Kloppenburg, Jr
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004 |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | xxii, 425 p. : ill., maps |
| Disciplina: | 631.5/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Seed industry and trade - United States |
| Plant breeding - United States | |
| Plant biotechnology - United States | |
| Seed industry and trade | |
| Plant breeding | |
| Plant biotechnology | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | First the seed |
| ISBN: | 1-282-26940-2 |
| 9786612269400 | |
| 0-299-19243-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822215303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Science and technology in society.