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02978cam a2200361Ii 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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ocm1004759561 |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20200821113919.0 |
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170928s2018 enkab b 001 0 eng d |
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1057615429 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1780239343 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781780239347 |
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(hardcover) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1004759561 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
YDX |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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YDX |
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BDX |
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TOH |
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YAM |
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YDX |
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HTM |
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OCLCF |
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NZAUC |
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IBI |
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UKMGB |
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UtOrBLW |
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MiTN |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QL377 .C5 |
| Item number |
S456 2018 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Shick, J. Malcolm |
| Fuller form of name |
(John Malcolm), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1947- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Where corals lie : |
| Remainder of title |
a natural and cultural history / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
J. Malcolm Shick. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
[London, UK] : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Reaktion Books, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2018] |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
©2018. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
304 pages : |
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illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; |
| Dimensions |
26 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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still image |
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sti |
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rdacontent. |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdamedia. |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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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 270-283) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Prelude: Where corals lie -- Defining coral -- On the nature of coral -- The mythos, menace and melancholy of corals -- Conjuring corals -- Coral as commodity -- Coral construction -- A new age of corals -- Coda: What lies ahead? -- Appendix: Maps showing locations mentioned in the text. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
For millennia corals were a marine enigma confounding classification and occupying a space between the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Ultimately their animal and symbiotic natures were recognized, and they remain the focus of intense fascination and research. The danger to seafarers posed by unseen underwater coral reefs led to their association with death and interment that has figured in literature, poetry, music and film. The bright redness of precious Mediterranean coral was associated with blood, including coral's gory origin in European and Indian mythology, and its place in religion. Corals have long been prized as jewellery and ornament, and were a feature of many Kunstkammer collections during the Renaissance. Seen as r̀ainforests of the sea', coral reefs have become greenly emblematic of fragile marine biodiversity, warning of human-driven global climate change. This book uniquely treats the many manifestations of corals in biology and geology; how diverse corals came to figure in art, expeditionary accounts, medicine, folklore, geopolitics, and international trade; and corals as builders of islands and protectors of coastlines, and as building materials themselves. Exceptionally illustrated with a wide range of natural history images, underwater photographs and fine art, this book provides a unique resource for all interested in ocean environments and the cultures that have flourished there. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Corals. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Corals |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Corals |
| General subdivision |
Effect of human beings on. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Coral reef ecology. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Coral reefs and islands |
| General subdivision |
Climatic factors. |