MARC details
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01829cam a22003498a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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16098453 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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MiTN |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20190729103712.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| fixed length control field |
100312s2008 nyu 000 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2010006737 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780061804007 (hardback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
e-gr--- |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
EY8Z |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
DF78 |
| Item number |
.H63 2008 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
938 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Higgins, Charlotte, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1972- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
It's all Greek to me : |
| Remainder of title |
from Homer to the Hippocratic Oath, how ancient Greece has shaped our world / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
by Charlotte Higgins. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Short, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
254 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The alpha and the omega: why a life without Homer is a life half lived -- The living, the dead and the deathless: mortality in Hesiod, Homer and Sophocles -- Man is a political animal: democracy and the polis -- Pandora's daughters: the silent majority -- Swords and sandals: war in Homer, Herodotus and Thucydides -- Beyond the borders: Greeks and barbarians -- The twilight of the gods: the beginnings of science from Thales to Aristotle -- The death of Socrates and the birth of philosophy: the challenge of Plato's Republic -- Love and loss: desire in Homer, Sappho and Plato. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"An informative, smart, and very amusing narrative about how influential Greeks and Greek culture have been on the rest of the world, from art to architecture to literature to politics to love"-- Provided by publisher. |
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1 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Civilization |
| General subdivision |
Greek influences. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Greece |
| General subdivision |
Civilization |
| Chronological subdivision |
To 146 B.C. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Greece |
| General subdivision |
Intellectual life |
| Chronological subdivision |
To 146 B.C. |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
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| Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) |
u195442 |
| 949 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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DF78 .H63 2008 |
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LC |
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1 |
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EY8Z |
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33039001075422 |
| 903 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT C, LDC (RLIN) |
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15059 |