Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Helen Anne Curry The Title is Evolution Made to Order : Plant Breeding and Technological Innovation in Twentieth-Century America Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 295. Category - Science Product Description - Plant breeders have long sought technologies to extend human control over nature. Early in the twentieth century, this led some to experiment with startlingly strange tools like x-ray machines, chromosome-altering chemicals, and radioactive elements. Contemporary reports celebrated these mutation-inducing methods as ways of generating variation in plants on demand. Speeding up evolution, they imagined, would allow breeders to genetically engineer crops and flowers to order. Creating a new food crop or garden flower would soon be as straightforward as innovating any other modern industrial product. In Evolution Made to Order, Helen Anne Curry traces the history of America's pursuit of tools that could intervene in evolution. An immersive journey through the scientific and social worlds of midcentury genetics and plant breeding and a compelling exploration of American cultures of innovation, Evolution Made to Order provides vital historical context for current worldwide ethical and policy debates over genetic engineering. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 167258645
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Title: Evolution Made to Order Plant Breeding and Technological Innova
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UPC: 9780226790862
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Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Publication Name: Evolution Made to Order : Plant Breeding and Technological Innovation in Twentieth-Century America
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: Life Sciences / Botany, Life Sciences / Evolution, Agriculture / General, History
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 15 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Science
Author: Helen Anne Curry
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
