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Designer food : mutant harvest or breadbasket of the world? / Gregory E. Pence.
- Title
- Designer food : mutant harvest or breadbasket of the world? / Gregory E. Pence.
- Author
- Pence, Gregory E.
- Publication
- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, c2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | TP248.65.F66 P46 2002 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xii, 233 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Addresses the issues surrounding the ethics of genetically modified foods, chronicling the history of genetically modified food, and exploring the symbolic importance of food, world hunger, food terrorism, and democratic public participation in the debate surrounding genetically modified food.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Popular Work
- Popular works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-226) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Organic versus genetically modified food -- The politics of genetically modified food -- Four perspectives on food -- Europe and Mad Cow Disease -- Is genetically modified food safe? -- Genetically modified crops, environmental ethics, and ecofascism -- Why genetically enhanced food will help to end starvation -- Will genetically modified crops hurt the environment? -- Six concluding reflections -- Appendix: Groups advocating food policy.
- ISBN
- 0742508390 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2001041926
- OCLC
- 47658865
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library