May, Christopher,  1960- <br/><br/>
Intellectual property rights :  a critical history / 
Christopher May, Susan K. Sell. 
 - Boulder, Colo. :  Lynne Rienners Publishers,  c2006. 
 - ix, 253 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Ipolitics .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-239) and index. 
<br/><br/>Why you need to know about intellectual property -- Ideas and technology -- The emergence of intellectual property rights -- Commerce vs. romantic notions of authorship and invention -- The nineteenth century : technological development and international law -- The twentieth century : intellectual property rights consolidated -- The twenty-first century : TRIPS and beyond -- Forgetting history is not an option. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1588263630 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005011010 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Intellectual property--History.<br/>Intellectual property--Political aspects.<br/>Intellectual property--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>K1401  / .M393 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>346.04/8/09