MARC details
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02111cam a2200397 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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on1436038757 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20240619121642.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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240529t20242024nyuab e b 001 0 eng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
IMmBT |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
JBO |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Modifying agency |
OCO |
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LE@ |
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OCLCO |
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IMT |
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IVJ |
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OCLCO |
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YDX |
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BDX |
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DYJ |
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NFG |
| 019 ## - |
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1398568789 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780393867879 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0393867870 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1436038757 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)1398568789 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
n-usm-- |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
508.77 |
| Item number |
U67 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Upholt, Boyce, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The great river : |
| Remainder of title |
the making and unmaking of the Mississippi / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Boyce Upholt. |
| 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, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[2024] |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE STATEMENTS |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
©2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
330 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations, maps ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
text |
| Content Type Code |
txt |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
still image |
| Content Type Code |
sti |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
unmediated |
| Media Type Code |
n |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
volume |
| Carrier Type Code |
nc |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-312) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: A most magnificent spectacle -- Part I: Alluvial chronicles. Searching for a river -- Tomahawk claims -- Cosmic river -- Part II: American river. Half horse, half alligator -- The Office of River Improvement -- Dancing at the skirts of Congress -- That big green wall -- The great flood -- Part III: The unmade Mississippi. Hooked up, hard down -- Death alley -- The great unraveling -- Beautiful country -- Epilogue: The water of the future. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
In this landmark work of natural history, a journalist tells the epic story of the Mississippi River and the centuries of efforts to control it, which have damaged its once-vibrant ecosystems, carrying readers along the river's last remaining backchannels and exploring how scientists hope to restore what has been lost. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Natural history |
| Geographic subdivision |
Mississippi River. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Mississippi River |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
64647 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Flood control |
| Geographic subdivision |
Mississippi River |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
42839 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Local histories. |
| Source of term |
lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
354743 |
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C0 |
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NFG |
