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Made in America : (Record no. 245837)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION
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fixed length control field 941201s1994 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 94046451
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency BAKER
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-- YDXCP
-- WPB
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 068810312X
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780688103125
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)31738238
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code n-us---
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PE2809
Item number .B79 1994
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 420/.973
Edition number 20
029 1# - (OCLC)
OCLC library identifier AU@
System control number 000011339837
029 1# - (OCLC)
OCLC library identifier AU@
System control number 000023994545
029 1# - (OCLC)
OCLC library identifier HEBIS
System control number 052574490
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bryson, Bill.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Made in America :
Medium [electronic resource]
Remainder of title an informal history of the English language in the United States /
Statement of responsibility, etc Bill Bryson.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st U.S. ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc W. Morrow,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c1994.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 417 p. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-394) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Introduction (p.ix) -- The Mayflower and before (p.1) -- Becoming Americans (p.13) -- A "democratical phrenzy" : America in the age of revolution (p.30) -- Making a nation (p.48) -- By the dawn's early light : forging a national identity (p.64) -- We're in the money : the age of invention (p.82) -- Names (p.100) -- "Manifest destiny" : taming the West (p.119) -- The melting pot : immigration in America (p.134) -- When the going was good : travel in America (p.156) -- What's cooking? : eating in America (p.180) -- Democratizing luxury : shopping in America (p.206) -- Manners and other matters (p.219) -- The hard sell : advertising in America (p.235) -- The movies (p.248) -- The pursuit of pleasure : sport and play (p.263) -- Of bombs and bunkum : politics and war (p.287) -- Sex and other distractions (p.304) -- From Kitty Hawk to the jumbo jet (p.324) -- Welcome to the space age : the 1950s and beyond (p.334) -- American English today (p.352) -- Notes on sources (p.365) -- Select bibliography (p.385) -- Index (p.395).
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc A linguistic history, told through anecdote and humor, of American speech and English word usage in the United States.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element English language
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Americanisms
General subdivision History.
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Display text Online version:
Main entry heading Bryson, Bill.
Title Made in America.
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Place, publisher, and date of publication New York : W. Morrow, c1994
Record control number (OCoLC)622641237
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/madeinamericain00brys">http://www.archive.org/details/madeinamericain00brys</a>
Public note Free eBook from the Internet Archive
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1120018M">http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1120018M</a>
Public note Additional information and access via Open Library
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Koha item type E-BOOKS

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