| Physical description |
xi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
The chemical sciences in society series. |
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Chemical sciences in society series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Arnold Thackray -- Molecular Biology and the Long-Term History of Biotechnology / Robert Bud -- Problematizing Basic Research in Molecular Biology / Lily E. Kay -- Biotechnology and Blood: Edwin Cohn's Plasma Fractionation Project, 1940-1953 / Angela N. H. Creager -- Diamond v. Chakrabarty and Beyond: The Political Economy of Patenting Life / Daniel J. Kevles -- Molecular Politics in a Global Economy / Susan Wright -- The Political Economy of British Biotechnology / Herbert Gottweis -- Biotechnology and the Creation of a New Economic Space / Martin Kenney -- The Cultural and Symbolic Dimensions of Agricultural Biotechnology / Sheldon Krimsky -- Monoclonal Antibodies: From Local to Extended Networks / Alberto Cambrosio and Peter Keating -- The Human Genome Project and the Acceleration of Biotechnology / Michael Fortun -- Data Access Policy in Genome Research / Stephen Hilgartner -- Biotechnology's Private Parts (and Some Public Ones) / Thomas F. Gieryn. |
| Other author |
Thackray, Arnold, 1939-
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| Subject |
Biotechnology -- History.
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Biotechnology -- Political aspects.
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Biotechnology -- Social aspects.
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Biotechnology industries.
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| ISBN |
0812234286 (alkaline paper) |
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