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

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 t...

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Main Author: Kloppenburg, Jack Ralph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2004.
Edition:2nd edition.
Series:Science and technology in society.
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