Africa : a biography of the continent (Record no. 2165)

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control field TZ-ArACH
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 990924r19991997nyuab b 001 0 eng d
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
Canceled/invalid LC control number 97036892
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 067973869X
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International Standard Book Number 9780679738695
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Cancelled/invalid ISBN 0679409793 (hc)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780679409793
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0679409793
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System control number (OCoLC)42428466
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041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title Eng
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049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library TZAA
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number DT20
Item number .R43
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 960
Edition number 21
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Reader, John.
9 (RLIN) 8898
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Africa : a biography of the continent
Remainder of title a biography of the continent /
Statement of responsibility, etc John Reader.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st Vintage Books ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Vintage Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1999.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 801 p. :
Other physical details ill., maps ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, London, in 1997, and subsequently in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1998"--T.p. verso.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 745-783) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Founding factors: Building a continent -- Transitions -- Missing links -- Origins and climate -- Humanity emerging: Real world -- Footsteps -- Cutting edge -- In the mind's eye -- Cool systems -- Out of Africa -- African options: On home ground -- Word of mouth -- Ancestral economies -- Human potential -- Climate and culture -- Beginnings of agriculture -- Renewable resources -- Pastoral scene -- Impact of iron -- African civilizations: Nile -- Periplus of the Erythraean Sea -- Aksum -- Cities without citadels -- Disease and affliction -- Successful harvests -- Implications of trade -- Outposts and inroads -- Merrie Africa -- Bananas and cattle -- Cattle and gold -- Foreign influences: "I speak of Africa and golden joys" -- Portuguese initiatives -- In search of Prester John -- Harnessed to Europe -- Nothing else to sell -- The Atlantic slave trade -- African slave traders -- Africa transformed -- Aftermath -- Climatic context -- Settlers: Settlers -- Black and white frontiers -- Zulu myths and reality -- Afrikaners -- Diamonds and gold -- Scramble: Imperial ambition -- African king -- Drawing the line -- Resistance -- Rebellion -- Invention of Africa -- First dance of freedom: Emergent elite -- Spoils of war -- First dance of freedom -- Dreams and nightmares.
650 07 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element History
9 (RLIN) 8899
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Africa
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 8900
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Afrique
General subdivision Histoire
9 (RLIN) 8901
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African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library   22/04/2013 DT20 .R43 10024476 Books

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