Human Body Shop The Engineering and Marketing of Life

Name: Human Body Shop The Engineering and Marketing of Life
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ISBN: 9780062506191

ISBN-10: 0062506196

ISBN-13: 9780062506191

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Andrew Kimbrell

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Sounds the alarm on the rapidly growing business of the manipulation and marketing of life forms. The escalating price placed on blood, organs, cells, genes, even children - along with the increasing ability of biotechnologies to alter the human body, has created a boom market.

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List price: $12.00
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Foreword
Introduction	p. 1
Blood Tithes	p. 6
Transplanting Profits	p. 24
Harvesting the Unborn	p. 45
The Business of Baby-Making	p. 68
The Seeds of Life	p. 75
The Price of Eggs	p. 82
Embryo Imbroglio	p. 88
Baby-Selling, Pure and Simple	p. 99
The Perfect Baby	p. 118
Designing Genes	p. 134
A Discriminating Drug	p. 142
Engineering Ourselves	p. 158
The Beast Machines	p. 174
The Patenting of Life	p. 188
A Monopoly on Humanity	p. 203
A Clone Just for You	p. 213
Crawling Machines and the Invisible Hand	p. 228
The Body as Technology	p. 232
The Human Motor	p. 244
The Gospel of Greed	p. 261
Satanic Mills	p. 274
At the Crossroad	p. 284
The Body Revolution	p. 292
Notes	p. 307
Index	p. 337
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