Uncertain peril (Record no. 14488)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 02092nam a22003734a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 631.5/21 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Cummings, Claire Hope, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Uncertain peril |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Boston, Mass. : |
| Name of publisher | Beacon Press, |
| Year of publication | c2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xix, 232 p. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Agricultural biotechnology |
| Topical Term | Transgenic plants |
| Topical Term | Transgenic plants |
| Topical Term | Consumer protection |
| Topical Term | Seeds |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10256103 |
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