《种子帝国》内容简介
美国非虚构写作J.安东尼•卢卡斯奖、国际烹饪专业协会食物议题图书奖获奖作品
聚焦全球农业巨头孟山都公司的发展史，展现出化学品全面渗入全球粮食供应体系的完整过程，揭示化学公司利用科技手段对人类食物造成的复杂而深刻的影响
孟山都（MonsantoCompany）是一家美国的跨国农业公司，它于20世纪初以生产糖精和咖啡因起家，后进入农业，成为除草剂的主要制造商，并一步步成长为21世纪全球最大的转基因种子生产商。人类粮食的未来在很大程度上与这家公司的历史紧紧捆绑在一起。对我们来说，这一切究竟意味着什么?
通过全球实地调查，对农民、化学家、企业家、工人、病人、律师和法官的采访，以及查询尚未披露的公司档案和政府记录，历史学家埃尔莫尔追溯了令人触目惊心的孟山都公司商业版图扩张史，揭秘其化学制品和转基因技术如何渗入全球粮食供应的几乎每一条缝隙。
作者简介
巴托•J.埃尔莫尔出生于美国东部亚特兰大，弗吉尼亚大学历史学博士，加州大学伯克利分校资源经济学和政治经济学博士后。现任美国俄亥俄州立大学环境史教授，可持续发展研究所核心成员，新美国基金会卡内基研究员。主要研究全球环境史、资本主义史。除本书外，主要作品有《可口可乐帝国》（CitizenCoke）和《国家资本主义》（CountryCapitalism）。2022年荣获历史研究领域重量级奖项丹•大卫奖（DanDavidPrize）。
Introduction to Seed Empire
Winner of the J. Anthony Lucas Award for American nonfiction writing and the International Association of Culinary Professionals Book Award for Food Issues
Focusing on the history of the global agricultural giant Monsanto, it shows the full penetration of chemicals into the global food supply system and reveals the complex and profound impact of chemical companies' use of technology on human food
MonsantoCompany is an American multinational agricultural company, which began in the early 20th century with the production of saccharin and caffeine, then entered agriculture, became a major manufacturer of herbicides, and gradually grew into the world's largest producer of genetically modified seeds in the 21st century. The future of human food is very much tied to the history of this company. What does all this mean for us?
Through fieldwork around the world, interviews with farmers, chemists, entrepreneurs, workers, patients, lawyers and judges, and a search of corporate and government records that have not yet been disclosed, historian Elmore traces Monsanto's staggering business expansion, revealing how its chemicals and genetically modified technologies infiltrated nearly every nook and crannies of the global food supply.
About the author
Barto J. Elmore was born in Atlanta, Eastern United States. He has a Ph.D. in history from the University of Virginia and a postdoctoral fellow in resource economics and political economy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently a professor of environmental history at Ohio State University, a core member of the Sustainability Institute, and a Carnegie Fellow at the New America Foundation. His research focuses on global environmental history and the history of capitalism. His other major works include "The Coca-Cola Empire" (CitizenCoke) and "CountryCapitalism." In 2022, he won the DanDavidPrize, a heavyweight award in the field of historical research.
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