| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 319 pages) : illustrations |
| Note |
Revision of author's PHD thesis entitled The fate of the collections--University of Cambridge, 1998. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-308) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The collection of nature and the nature of collecting -- Speedup: accelerating the social and spatial dynamics of collecting -- New collectors, new collections -- The fate of the collections -- Taming the slippery beast: regulating trade in bio-information -- Back to the future. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
In a groundbreaking work that draws on anthropology, history, philosophy, business and law, Parry links firsthand knowledge of the operation of the bioprospecting industry to a sophisticated analysis of broader economic, regulatory, and technological transformations to reveal the complex economic and political dynamics that underpin the new global trade in bio-information. |
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Biotechnology -- Social aspects.
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Germplasm resources.
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Bioinformatics.
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Risikosamfundet.
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Bioteknologi.
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Genetik.
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Miljøsociologi.
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology.
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Bioinformatics. (OCoLC)fst00832181
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Biotechnology -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00832780
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Germplasm resources. (OCoLC)fst00942171
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Parry, Bronwyn. Trading the genome. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2004 (DLC) 2004045456 |
| ISBN |
0231509294 (electronic bk.) |
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9780231509299 (electronic bk.) |
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