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001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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on1043489224 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20190219142901.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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180927s2019 nyuabf b 001 0 eng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2018043679 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Description conventions |
rda |
Transcribing agency |
DLC |
Modifying agency |
OCLCO |
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DGU |
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IDLEW |
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NFG |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781501103902 |
Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
1501103903 |
Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781501103919 |
Qualifying information |
(paperback) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
1501103911 |
Qualifying information |
(paperback) |
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)1043489224 |
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
Authentication code |
pcc |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
Classification number |
388.122 |
Item number |
R977 |
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
Holding library |
NFGA |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Rutkow, Eric, |
Relator term |
author. |
9 (RLIN) |
205055 |
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The longest line on the map : |
Remainder of title |
the United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the quest to link the Americas / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Eric Rutkow. |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., |
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
2019. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
vii, 438 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |
Other physical details |
illustrations, maps ; |
Dimensions |
24 cm |
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
Content Type Term |
text |
Content Type Code |
txt |
Source |
rdacontent |
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
Media Type Term |
unmediated |
Media Type Code |
n |
Source |
rdamedia |
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
Carrier Type Term |
volume |
Carrier Type Code |
nc |
Source |
rdacarrier |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-424) and index. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
Chronicles the epic quest to connect the Americas via the Pan American Highway, detailing how its construction and evolution reflected two centuries of divergent history. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
"A dazzling account of the world's longest road, the Pan-American Highway, and the epic quest to link North and South America, a dramatic story of commerce, technology, politics, and the divergent fates of the Americas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Pan-American Highway, monument to a century's worth of diplomacy and investment, education and engineering, scandal and sweat, is the longest road in the world, passable everywhere save the mythic Darien Gap that straddles Panama and Colombia. The highway's history, however, has long remained a mystery, a story scattered among government archives, private papers, and fading memories. In contrast to the Panama Canal and its vast literature, the Pan-American Highway--the United States' other great twentieth-century hemispheric infrastructure project--has become an orphan of the past, effectively erased from the story of the 'American Century.' [This book] uncovers this incredible tale for the first time and weaves it into a tapestry that fascinates, informs, and delights. Rutkow's narrative forces the reader to take seriously the question: Why couldn't the Americas have become a single region that 'is' and not two near irreconcilable halves that 'are'? Whether you're fascinated by the history of the Americas, or you've dreamed of driving around the globe, or you simply love world records and the stories behind them, The Longest Line on the Map is a riveting narrative, a lost epic of hemispheric scale."--Dust jacket. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Part I: The rail. The magnificent conception ; The eagle and the octopus ; The route of volcanoes -- Interlude. Out of the muck -- Part II: The road. Good roads make good neighbors ; The far western front ; Freedom road ; The missing link. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Pan American Highway System. |
9 (RLIN) |
389151 |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Roads |
Geographic subdivision |
America |
General subdivision |
History. |
9 (RLIN) |
389152 |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
United States |
General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
Geographic subdivision |
America. |
9 (RLIN) |
389153 |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
America |
General subdivision |
Foreign relations |
Geographic subdivision |
United States. |
9 (RLIN) |
389154 |
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