Books Briefly
Books Briefly Another Genie ALTERED HARVEST by Jack Doyle Viking Penguin. 480 pp. $25. Biotechnology: bane or blessing? It will depend on who oversees the gene splicers, according to Jack Doyle,...
...6.95...
...He has been a lawyer, a news service photographer, a documentary filmmaker, and an author...
...Genetic engineers might "remedy all manner of agricultural problems" or, alternatively, increase the vulnerability of the world's food supply...
...The corporate quest for greater farm efficiency and crop uniformity could produce a high-tech house of cards, "a system in which one monkey wrench or one unforeseen mutation can create enormous problems...
...It will depend on who oversees the gene splicers, according to Jack Doyle, a researcher at Washington's Environmental Policy Institute...
...There is nothing subtle about Livingston's political views...
...192 pp...
...And all the time he's been a "closet red"—a term he defines as "an individual who, for reasons of job security, has given little public evidence that he considers U.S...
...imperialism humanity's chief albatross...
...His plan for forcing such accountability is sparse, but his analysis of biotechnology-its history, economics, politics—is exhaustive yet exciting...
...In one or another of those capacities he has brushed up against the rich and famous—including Kennedys and Rockefellers, Whitneys and Dukes...
...Photos...
...Fortunately, most of the book is anecdotal, offering a photographer's vivid descriptions rather than an ideologue's tired sermons...
...Doyle maintains, however, that the new technology can be put to beneficial uses if the public holds agribusiness accountable...
...Paper...
...Bernard Livingston has an interesting tale to tell...
...I Am a Camera CLOSET RED: A Marxist's Adventures Inside the Ruling Class by Bernard Livingston Waverly Publishers (235 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10023...
Vol. 50 • June 1986 • No. 6
