MARC details
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01892cam a22003378a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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007039299 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20180722212125.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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110715s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2011027510 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0393081923 (hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780393081923 (hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)711051782 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
BTCTA |
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YDXCP |
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FN4 |
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IH7 |
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IK2 |
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KEU |
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NFG |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
909 |
| Item number |
W586 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
White, Matthew. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
195483 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The great big book of horrible things : |
| Remainder of title |
the definitive chronicle of history's 100 worst atrocities / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Matthew White. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
W.W. Norton, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xviii, 669 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Evangelists of human progress meet their opposite in Matthew White's epic examination of history's one hundred most violent events, or, in White's piquant phrasing, "the numbers that people want to argue about." Reaching back to 480 BCE's second Persian War, White moves chronologically through history to this century's war in the Congo and devotes chapters to each event, where he surrounds hard facts (time and place) and succinct takeaways (who usually gets the blame?) with lively military, social, and political histories. With the eye of a seasoned statistician, White assigns each entry a ranking based on body count, and in doing so he gives voice to the suffering of ordinary people that, inexorably, has defined every historical epoch. By turns droll, insightful, matter-of-fact, and ultimately sympathetic to those who died, |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Atrocities |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
195484 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Massacres |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
195485 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
War crimes |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
195486 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
World history. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
25310 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Adult Book |
| 998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
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007039299 |
