Trading the Genome : : Investigating the Commodification of Bio-Information / / Bronwyn Parry.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Parry, Bronwyn,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 23 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; List of Illustrations --; List of Tables --; Acknowledgments --; Preface --; 1. INTRODUCTION --; 2. THE COLLECTION OF NATURE AND THE NATURE OF COLLECTING --; 3. SPEEDUP --; 4. NEW COLLECTORS, NEW COLLECTIONS --; 5. THE FATE OF THE COLLECTIONS --; 6. TAMING THE SLIPPERY BEAST --; 7. BACK TO THE FUTURE --; APPENDIX: METHODOLOGY --; NOTES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231509299; 9783110442472
• DOI: 10.7312/parr12174
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bronwyn Parry.

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.