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Controversies in Science and Technology Volume 1: From Maize to Menopause Edited by Daniel Lee Kleinman, Abby J. Kinchy, and Jo Handelsman Science and Technology in Society Daniel Lee Kleinman and Jo Handelsman, Series Editors Hot topics in sci-tech-from scientific, legal, political, religious, and societal perspectives Written for general readers, teachers, journalists, and policymakers, this volume explores four controversial topics in science and technology, with commentaries from scientists and experts in such fields as sociology, religion, law, ethics, and politics: Antibiotics on the Farm and in Our Food Genetically Modified Crops and Gene Flow: the science of genetic modification, genetic diversity, agricultural biotech and the environment, corporate patents and farmers' rights Women, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Menopause: the history of hormone replacement therapy, the medicalization of menopause, clinical practice Smallpox, Bioterrorism, and Public Health: historical and medical overview of smallpox, the Emergency Health Powers Act, the war on bioterrorism, public resistance vs. cooperation. Daniel Lee Kleinman is associate professor of rural sociology at the University of Wisconsin­Madison and author of Impure Cultures: University Biology and the World of Commerce. Abby J. Kinchy is research assistant in rural sociology at UW­Madison. Jo Handelsman is the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and codirector of the Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute at UW­Madison. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.)

May 2005 272 pp.  6 x 9 14 b/w illus Paper $24.95 t ISBN 978-0-299-20394-8 ADD TO CART

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