First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology, 1492-2000

First the Seed: The Political Economy of Plant Biotechnology, 1492-2000
ISBN-10
0521395585
ISBN-13
9780521395588
Category
Science
Pages
349
Language
English
Published
1990-06-29
Publisher
CUP Archive
Author
Jack Ralph Kloppenburg

Description

This history of the scientific and commercial lines of plant development in the United States traces the transformation of the seed from a public good produced and reproduced by farmers into a commodity controlled by businesses and corporations divorced from the uses of their product.

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