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02577nam a22003498i 4500 |
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sky301993488 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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SKY |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20221103112605.0 |
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201112s2021 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2020051063 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1324001682 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781324001683 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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DLC |
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SKYRV |
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MiTN |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QL81.7 |
| Item number |
N554 2021 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
591.68 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
591.68 Nijhuis |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Nijhuis, Michelle, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Beloved beasts : |
| Remainder of title |
fighting for life in an age of extinction / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Michelle Nijhuis. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Fighting for life in an age of extinction. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
W.W. Norton & Company, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
[2021] |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
©2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
342 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations , |
| Dimensions |
24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-319) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Aesop's swallows -- The botanist who named the animals -- The taxidermist and the bison -- The hellcat and the hawks -- The forester and the green fire -- The professor and the elixir of life -- The eagle and the whooping crane -- The scientists who escaped the tower -- The rhino and the commons -- The few who save the many -- Homo amphibius. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement's history: from early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison and bald eagle to today's global effort to defend life on a larger scale. She describes the vital role of scientists and activists such as Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson as well as lesser-known figures in conservation history; she reveals the origins of vital organizations like the Audubon Society and the World Wildlife Fund; she explores current efforts to protect species such as the whooping crane and the black rhinoceros; and she confronts the darker side of conservation, long shadowed by racism and colonialism. As the destruction of other species continues and the effects of climate change escalate, Beloved Beasts charts the ways conservation is becoming a movement for the protection of all species-including our own."--book jacket. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Endangered species |
| Form subdivision |
Anecdotes. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Endangered species |
| General subdivision |
Conservation. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Wildlife conservation |
| Form subdivision |
Anecdotes. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Wildlife conservation |
| General subdivision |
History. |