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1 online resource (xii, 313 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-295) and index. |
| Contents |
Biotechnology in the new millennium: technological change, institutional change, and political struggle / Rachel A. Schurman -- Wonderful potencies? Deep structure and the problem of monopoly in agricultural biotechnology / William Boyd -- Building a better tree: genetic engineering and fiber farming in Oregon and Washington / W. Scott Prudham -- The migration of salmon from nature to biotechnology / Dennis Doyle Takahashi Kelso -- Making biotech history: social resistance to agricultural biotechnology and the future of the biotechnology industry / Rachel A. Schurman and William A. Munro -- Eating risk: the politics of labeling genetically engineered foods / Julie Guthman -- The global politics of GEOs: the Achilles' heel of the globalization regime? / Frederick H. Buttel -- Biotech battles: plants, power, and intellectual property in the new global governance regimes / Kathleen McAfee -- From molecules to medicines: the use of genetic resources in pharmaceutical research / Astrid J. Scholz -- The brave new worlds of agricultural technoscience: changing perspectives, recurrent themes, and new research directions in agro-food studies / David Goodman -- Recreating democracy / Dennis Doyle Takahashi Kelso. |
| Summary |
Talk of genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) has moved from the hushed corridors of life science corporations to the front pages of major newspapers. This book examines these issues from the diverse perspectives of sociology, geography, law environmental studies and political science. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Genetic engineering -- Social aspects.
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Genetic engineering -- Social aspects. |
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Agricultural biotechnology -- Social aspects.
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Agricultural biotechnology -- Social aspects. |
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Agricultural biotechnology. |
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Food -- Biotechnology -- Social aspects.
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Food -- Biotechnology -- Social aspects. |
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Biotechnology -- economics. |
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Organisms, Genetically Modified. |
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Industry -- economics. |
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Politics. |
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Public Opinion. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Schurman, Rachel.
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Kelso, Dennis D.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Engineering trouble. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003 0520237617 0520240073 (DLC) 2002152991 (OCoLC)50959017 |
| ISBN |
9780520937499 (electronic book) |
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052093749X (electronic book) |
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0520237617 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520237612 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520240073 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520240070 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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