MARC details
000 -LEADER |
fixed length control field |
02462cam a2200457 a 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
control field |
0000058798 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
control field |
CaOOAMICUS |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20221019020009.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
081224r20092008nyub b 001 0 eng d |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2008940270 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781586487539 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781586487539 (hbk.) |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
CaOOP |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Modifying agency |
EOtanga |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
f------ |
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
DT14 |
Item number |
.D69 |
055 #4 - CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS ASSIGNED IN CANADA |
Classification number |
DT14 |
Item number |
D69 |
082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
960.3/2 |
Edition number |
22 |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
960.3/2 |
Edition number |
22 |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
960.32 DOW |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
960.32 |
Edition number |
22 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Dowden, Richard. |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Africa : |
Remainder of title |
altered states, ordinary miracles / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Richard Dowden. |
246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
Title proper/short title |
Africa |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
1st ed. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Public Affairs, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2009. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xiv, 576 p : |
Other physical details |
maps ; |
Dimensions |
25 cm. |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
First published: London : Portobello, 2008. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [551]-553) and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Africa is a night flight away: images and realities -- Africa is different: Uganda I -- How it all went wrong: Uganda II -- The end of colonialism: new states, old societies -- Amazing, but is it Africa? Somalia -- Forward to the past: Zimbabwe -- Breaking apart: Sudan -- A tick bigger than the dog: Angola -- Missing the story and the sequel: Burundi and Rwanda -- God, trust and trade: Senegal -- Dancers and the leopard men: Sierra Leone -- The positive women: AIDS in Africa -- Copying King Leopold: Congo -- Not just another country: South Africa -- Meat and money: eating in Kenya -- Look out world: Nigeria -- New colonists or old friends? Asia in Africa -- Phones, Asians and the professionals: the new Africa. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
In captivating prose, Dowden spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra Leone; analyzes the impact of oil and the Internet on Nigeria and aid on Sudan; and examines what has gone so badly wrong in Rwanda and the Congo. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Africa |
General subdivision |
Civilization. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Africa |
General subdivision |
History |
Chronological subdivision |
1960-. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Africa |
General subdivision |
Social life and customs |
Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Africa |
General subdivision |
Social life and customs |
Chronological subdivision |
21st century. |
651 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Afrique |
General subdivision |
Conditions sociales |
Chronological subdivision |
1960-. |
651 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Afrique |
General subdivision |
Histoire |
Chronological subdivision |
1960-. |
651 #6 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
Afrique |
General subdivision |
Politique et gouvernement |
Chronological subdivision |
1960-. |
908 ## - PUT COMMAND PARAMETER (RLIN) |
Put command parameter |
150310 |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
General Collection item |
Koha issues (borrowed), all copies |
1 |