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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Science and technology in societyPublisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2004Edition: 2nd editionDescription: 1 online resource (xxii, 425 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0299192431
  • 9780299192433
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: First the seed.DDC classification:
  • 631.5/2 22
LOC classification:
  • SB117.3 .K57 2004eb
Online resources:
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 deployment10. Conclusion; 11. Still the seed: plant biotechnology in the twenty-first century; Notes; References; Index.
Summary: 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.--Publisher description.
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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.--Publisher description.

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

Print version record.

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 deployment10. Conclusion; 11. Still the seed: plant biotechnology in the twenty-first century; Notes; References; Index.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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