عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
S494.5.B563 C86 2008
S494
.
5
.
B563
C86
2008
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0807085804
(Number (ISBN
9780807085806
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b510236
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Uncertain peril :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
genetic engineering and the future of seeds /
First Statement of Responsibility
Claire Hope Cummings
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boston, Mass. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Beacon Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xix, 232 p. ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The rise of the techno-elites -- Trade secrets -- Trespass -- Political science -- The ownership society -- The turning points -- Who owns rice? -- The botany of scarcity -- The botany of abundance -- A green wealth -- Ripe for change -- A conversation with corn -- The down-turned hand -- A cabinet of seeds displayed -- Epilogue: the seeded earth
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Examines the rise of industrial agriculture and plant biotechnology, the fall of public interest science, and the folly of patenting seeds. The author suggests how green technologies and new approaches to food and farming methods will provide a way out of this growing predicament
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Agricultural biotechnology-- Political aspects
Consumer protection-- Citizen participation
Seeds-- Biotechnology
Transgenic plants-- Economic aspects
Transgenic plants-- Risk assessment
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
S494
.
5
.
B563
Book number
C86
2008
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Cummings, Claire Hope,1943-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20080220081219.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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