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Item Details
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FIRST THE SEED
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY |
| By: |
Jack R. Kloppenburg, Daniel Lee Kleinman, Jo Handelsman |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£28.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
029919244X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780299192440 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
31 December, 2004 |
| Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
| Series: |
Science & Technology in Society |
| Pages: |
348 |
| Description: |
Spotlights the history of plant breeding and the seed industry, particularly genetically engineered crops. This second edition includes an extensive new chapter on recent controversies. |
| Synopsis: |
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 struggle over the direction of crop genetic engineering. 1988 Cloth, 1990 Paperback, Cambridge University PressWinner of the Theodore Saloutos Award of the Agricultural History SocietyWinner of the Robert K. Merton Award of the American Sociological Association |
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Illustrations, maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Wisconsin Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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