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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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21092465 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OSt |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20220309173852.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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190719s2021 nyu 000 1 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2019031375 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781838851354 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
Indian Institute for Human Settlements-Bangalore |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
813.6 MBU |
| Edition number |
23 |
| Item number |
016755 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Mbue, Imbolo, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
How beautiful we were / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Imbolo Mbue. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Random House, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
364 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm |
| 336 ## - Content type term (R) |
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| Content type term (R) |
text |
| Content type code (R) |
txt |
| Source (NR) |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - Media Type (R) |
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| Media type term (R) |
unmediated |
| Media type code (R) |
n |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - Carrier Type (R) |
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| Carrier type term (R) |
volume |
| Carrier type code (R) |
nc |
| Source (NR) |
rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"'We should have known the end was near.' So begins Imbolo Mbue's exquisite and devastating novel How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean up and financial reparations to the villagers are made--and ignored. The country's government, led by a corrupt, brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interest. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight the American corporation. Doing so will come at a steep price. Told through multiple perspectives and centered around a fierce young girl named Thula who grows up to become a revolutionary, Joy of the Oppressed is a masterful exploration of what happens when the reckless drive for profit, coupled with the ghosts of colonialism, comes up against one village's quest for justice--and a young woman's willingness to sacrifice everything for the sake of her people's freedom"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Environmental degradation |
| Geographic subdivision |
Africa |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Americans |
| Geographic subdivision |
Africa |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Oil industries |
| Geographic subdivision |
Environmental aspects |
| Form subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Book |
