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on1137818284 |
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OCoLC |
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20201103100104.0 |
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200420s2020 nyua g b 001 0deng |
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| LC control number |
2020015918 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
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DLC |
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OCLCO |
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OCLCF |
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OCLCQ |
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OCL |
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TOH |
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UAP |
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YDX |
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NFG |
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1198376692 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781324005919 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1324005912 |
| Qualifying information |
hardcover |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1137818284 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1198376692 |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
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e-gx--- |
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n-us--- |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
437.009 |
| Item number |
P977 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Puchner, Martin, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1969- |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The language of thieves : |
| Remainder of title |
my family's obsession with a secret code the Nazis tried to eliminate / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Martin Puchner. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York, NY : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[2020] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
278 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"Tracking an underground language from one family's obsession to the outcasts who spoke it in order to survive. Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were "wiz" (in the know)--vagrants and refugees, merchants and thieves. This hybrid language was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as "being in a pickle." And beginning with Martin Luther, German Protestants who disliked its speakers wanted to stamp it out. The Nazis hated it most of all. As a boy, Martin Puchner learned this secret language through his father and uncle. Only as an adult did he discover, through a poisonous 1930s tract on Jewish names, that his own grandfather, an historian and archivist, had been a committed Nazi who hated everything his sons and grandsons loved about "the language of thieves." Interweaving family memoir with scholarship and an adventurous foray into the politics of language, Puchner crafts an entirely original journey narrative. In a language born of migration and hybridity, he discovers a witty and resourceful spirit of tolerance that remains essential today"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-259) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: Language Games -- Camouflage Names -- The Book of Vagrants -- A Picture Comes into View -- The Rotwelsch Inheritance -- The King of the Tramps -- The Farmer and the Judge -- An Attic in Prague -- When Jesus Spoke Rotwelsch -- Igpay Atinlay for Adults -- The Story of an Archivist -- Judgment at Hikels-Mokum -- Error-Spangled Banner -- Your Grandfather Would Have Been Proud of You -- Rotwelsch in America -- The Laughter of a Yenish Chief. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
German language |
| General subdivision |
Slang. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Cant |
| Geographic subdivision |
Germany. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Thieves |
| General subdivision |
Language. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Tramps |
| General subdivision |
Language. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Language policy |
| Geographic subdivision |
Germany |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Germany |
| General subdivision |
Languages |
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Political aspects. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Puchner, Martin, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1969- |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Puchner, Martin, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1969- |
| General subdivision |
Family. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
College teachers |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
219733 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Biographies. |
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lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
870 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Autobiographies. |
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lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
728 |
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C0 |
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NFG |
