Critical perspectives on genetically modified crops and food
By: edited by Susan Gordon.
Contributors: Gordon, Susan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Rosen Pub. Group
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Transgenic plants.; Crops -- Genetic engineering.; Genetically modified foods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Time, continuity, and change: the evolution of GM crops; title: From travels in the genetically modified zone / by Mark L. Winston; title: From Mendel in the kitchen / by Nina Fedoroff and Nancy Marie Brown; title: From DNA: the secret of life / by James D. Watson; title: From "billions Served" / by Ronald Bailey; title: Science, technology, and society: food for earth; title: From Food, Inc. / by Peter Pringle; title: "A cure for the common farm?" / by Lucinda Fleeson; title: "Grains of hope" / by J. Madeleine Nash; title: Productions, distribution, and consumption: the impact of GM Foods; title: "The World in a Seed" / by John Feffer; title: "Facing biotech foods without the fear factor" / by Jane E. Brody; title: From the botany of desire / by Michael Pollan; title: Power, authority, and governance: food and law; title: From "agricultural biotechnology: savior or scourge?" / by Michael F. Jacobson; title: From eating in the dark / by Kathleen Hart; title: From dinner at the New Gene Caf /̌ by Bill Lambrecht; title: From lords of the harvest / by Daniel Charles; title: Global connections: what the world wants for dinner; title: "Consumers in Europe resist gene-altered foods" / by Lizette Alvarez; title: "Argentina's bitter harvest" / by Sue Branford; title: "Far less scary than it used to be" / by the Economist; title: For Further Reading; title: Web Sites; title: Annotated Bibliography; title: Index.