First the Seed

First the Seed
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Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages : 451
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ISBN-10 : 9780299192433
ISBN-13 : 0299192431
Rating : 4/5 (431 Downloads)

Book Synopsis First the Seed by : Jack Ralph Kloppenburg

Download or read book First the Seed written by Jack Ralph Kloppenburg and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2005-04-26 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Press Winner of the Theodore Saloutos Award of the Agricultural History Society Winner of the Robert K. Merton Award of the American Sociological Association


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