First the Seed
Download or Read eBook First the Seed PDF 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.
| Author | : Jack Ralph Kloppenburg |
| Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
| Total Pages | : 451 |
| Release | : 2005-04-26 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780299192433 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0299192431 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis First the Seed by : Jack Ralph Kloppenburg
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
