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060405s2006 nyuab b 001 0 eng d |
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| LC control number |
2005049853 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0345476387 |
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9780345476388 |
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(DLC) 2005049853 |
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(OCoLC)60550567 |
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DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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ATU |
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pcc |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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n-us-ny |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
TX754.O98 |
| Item number |
K87 2006 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
641.694 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kurlansky, Mark, |
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author. |
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262485 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Big Oyster : |
| Remainder of title |
New York on the half shell / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Mark Kurlansky. |
| 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 |
Ballantine Books, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2006] |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
©2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xx, 307 pages : |
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illustrations, maps ; |
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22 cm |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
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unmediated |
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n |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The beds of Eden -- A molluscular life -- The bivalvent Dung Hill -- The fecundity of Bivalvency -- A nice bed to visit -- Becoming the world's oyster -- Eggocentric New Yorkers -- The shells of sodom -- The crassostreasness of New Yorkers -- Making your own bed -- Ostreamaniacal behavior -- Ostracized in the golden age -- Enduring shellfishness. |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants - the oyster, whose influence on the great metropolis remains unparalleled." "For centuries New York was famous for its oysters, which until the early 1900s played such a dominant a role in the city's economy, gastronomy, and ecology that the abundant bivalves were Gotham's most celebrated export, a staple food for the wealthy, the poor, and tourists alike, and the primary natural defense against pollution for the city's congested waterways." "Filled with cultural, historical, and culinary insight - along with historic recipes, maps, drawings, and photos - this narrative sweeps readers from the island hunting ground of the Lenape Indians to the death of the oyster beds and the rise of America's environmentalist movement, from the oyster cellars of the rough-and-tumble Five Points slums to Manhattan's poshest Gilded Age dining chambers." "Kurlansky brings characters to life while recounting dramatic incidents that changed the course of New York history. Here are the stories behind Peter Stuyvesant's peg leg and Robert Fulton's "Folly"; the oyster merchant and pioneering African American leader Thomas Downing; the birth of the business lunch at Delmonico's; early feminist Fanny Fern, one of the highest-paid newspaper writers in the city; even "Diamond" Jim Brady, who we discover was not the gourmand of popular legend."--BOOK JACKET. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE |
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| Source of description note |
Machine converted from AACR2 source record. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Cooking (Oysters) |
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316148 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Oysters |
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New York (State) |
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New York |
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675313 |
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Sample text |
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| Materials specified |
Contributor biographical information |
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