The day before America / (Record no. 518)
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| fixed length control field | 02145nam a22003377i 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20261016202626.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 261016s1994 xx ||||| |||||||| 0|eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780395468821 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0395468825 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | (KOHALIB)isbn-9780395468821 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | KOHALIB |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | KOHALIB |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 970.01 |
| Edition information | 23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | MacLeish, William H. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The day before America / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | William H. MacLeish. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Boston : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Houghton Mifflin, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 1994. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 277 pages |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | unmediated |
| Media type code | n |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | volume |
| Carrier type code | nc |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | History and prehistory come alive in this extraordinary account of America as it was before it got its name. William H. MacLeish paints a heart-rending portrait of the lush, miraculous New World on the eve of the Encounter - the arrival of the first Europeans, after which nothing would be the same. Drawing on the work of anthropologists, geologists, and other academic experts, MacLeish roams over 18,000 years of the continent's history, exploring the role of climate and human activity in preparing the world that we have inherited. The Day Before America is studded with fascinating information on the awesome changes wrought by the ice age (and the inevitability of its return), the ecological effects of hunting and early agriculture, the astonishing variety of Indian civilizations, and the transformations in the continent's nature over the past five hundred years. It is a book informed by a deep commitment to the wonder and sacredness of the natural world. At bottom, it is a statement of belief in an unsentimental environmentalism - an effort to see our world in the longest view, and to value it all the more for that. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Inventory: Single copy, entry 530; recorded quantity 1; damaged N/A |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Hunting and Gathering Societies |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Indians of North America |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Indian Philosophy |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Natural History |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Human Ecology |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | History |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Prehistorie |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Indians of North America, History |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Non-fiction | Main Library | Main Library | 10/16/2026 | 970.01 MAC | LIB01961 | 10/16/2026 | 10/16/2026 | Book |