UNCERTAIN PERIL: GENETIC ENGINEERING AND THE FUTURE OF SEEDS

Abstract

A note on the terminology -- Preface -- Introduction -- The rise of the techno-elites -- 1. Trade secrets -- 2. Trespass -- 3. Political science -- 4. The ownership society -- The turning points -- 5. Who owns rice? -- 6. The botany of scarcity -- 7. The botany of abundance -- A green wealth -- 8. Ripe for change -- 9. A conversation with corn -- 10. The down-turned hand -- A cabinet of seeds displayed -- Epilogue: the seeded earth -- Acknowledgments -- Sources and resources -- Index