Splicing life? : the new genetics and society /

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Author / Creator:Glasner, Peter E.
Imprint:Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, 2004.
Description:vii, 149 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cardiff papers in qualitative research
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5820123
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Other authors / contributors:Rothman, Harry, 1938-
ISBN:0754632385 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-140) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The Hunt for the Holy Grail: Compiling the Book of Life
  • Chapter 3. Doing the Human Genome Project
  • Chapter 4. Managing Genetic Information
  • Chapter 5. 'Frankenstein' Foods, or the Revenge of the Genetically Modified Potatoes
  • Chapter 6. Globalisation and the Transformation of Nature
  • Chapter 7. From Commodification to Commercialisation
  • Chapter 8. Rights or Rituals: Involving the People
  • Chapter 9. New Genetics, New Millennium, New Society?
  • Bibliography
  • Index