| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
182 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Critical anthologies of nonfiction writing |
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Critical anthologies of nonfiction writing.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Time, continuity, and change: the evolution of GM crops -- From travels in the genetically modified zone / by Mark L. Winston -- From Mendel in the kitchen / by Nina Fedoroff and Nancy Marie Brown -- From DNA: the secret of life / by James D. Watson -- From "billions Served" / by Ronald Bailey -- Science, technology, and society: food for earth -- From Food, Inc. / by Peter Pringle -- "A cure for the common farm?" / by Lucinda Fleeson -- "Grains of hope" / by J. Madeleine Nash -- Productions, distribution, and consumption: the impact of GM Foods -- "The World in a Seed" / by John Feffer -- "Facing biotech foods without the fear factor" / by Jane E. Brody -- From the botany of desire / by Michael Pollan -- |
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Power, authority, and governance: food and law -- From "agricultural biotechnology: savior or scourge?" / by Michael F. Jacobson -- From eating in the dark / by Kathleen Hart -- From dinner at the New Gene Caf̌ / by Bill Lambrecht -- From lords of the harvest / by Daniel Charles -- Global connections: what the world wants for dinner -- "Consumers in Europe resist gene-altered foods" / by Lizette Alvarez -- "Argentina's bitter harvest" / by Sue Branford -- "Far less scary than it used to be" / by the Economist -- For Further Reading -- Web Sites -- Annotated Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Transgenic plants.
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Crops -- Genetic engineering.
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Genetically modified foods.
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| Added Author |
Gordon, Susan, 1952-
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| ISBN |
1404205411 library binding |
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