Trading the Genome : : Investigating the Commodification of Bio-Information /

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

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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 an...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Parry, Bronwyn,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.) :; 23 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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