MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
03793cam a2200433 i 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| control field |
2014031979 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
|---|
| control field |
DLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
|---|
| control field |
20190729110237.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
140929s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
|---|
| LC control number |
2014031979 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
9781476729893 (hardback) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
|---|
| International Standard Book Number |
1476729891 (hardback) |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
|---|
| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
|---|
| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| -- |
MvI |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
SF487.7 |
| Item number |
.L28 2014 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
636.5009 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
|---|
| Classification number |
HIS037000 |
| -- |
SOC055000 |
| -- |
NAT043000 |
| Number source |
bisacsh |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Lawler, Andrew. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
|---|
| Title |
Why did the chicken cross the world? : |
| Remainder of title |
the epic saga of the bird that powers civilization / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Andrew Lawler. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
|---|
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Atria Books, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
|---|
| Extent |
ix, 324 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 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 2# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
|---|
| Summary, etc. |
"From ancient empires to modern economics, veteran journalist Andrew Lawler delivers a sweeping history of the animal that has been most crucial to the spread of civilization across the globe--the chicken. Queen Victoria was obsessed with it. Socrates' last words were about it. Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur made their scientific breakthroughs using it. Catholic popes, African shamans, Chinese philosophers, and Muslim mystics praised it. Throughout the history of civilization, humans have embraced it in every form imaginable--as a messenger of the gods, powerful sex symbol, gambling aid, emblem of resurrection, all-purpose medicine, handy research tool, inspiration for bravery, epitome of evil, and, of course, as the star of the world's most famous joke. In Why Did the Chicken Cross the World?, science writer Andrew Lawler takes us on an adventure from prehistory to the modern era with a fascinating account of the partnership between human and chicken (the most successful of all cross-species relationships). Beginning with the recent discovery in Montana that the chicken's unlikely ancestor is T. rex, this book builds on Lawler's popular Smithsonian cover article, How the Chicken Conquered the World to track the chicken from its original domestication in the jungles of Southeast Asia some 10,000 years ago to postwar America, where it became the most engineered of animals, to the uncertain future of what is now humanity's single most important source of protein. In a masterful combination of historical sleuthing and journalistic exploration on four continents, Lawler reframes the way we feel and think about our most important animal partner--and, by extension, all domesticated animals, and even nature itself. Lawler's narrative reveals the secrets behind the chicken's transformation from a shy jungle bird into an animal of astonishing versatility, capable of serving our species' changing needs. For no other siren has called humans to rise, shine, and prosper quite like the rooster's cry: Cock-a-doodle-doo!"-- |
| Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
|---|
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
|---|
| Formatted contents note |
1. Nature's Potato Head -- 2. The Carnelian Beard -- 3. The Healing Clutch -- 4. Essential Gear -- 5. Thrilla in Manila -- 6. Giants Upon the Scene -- 7. The Harlequin's Sword -- 8. The Little King -- 9. Feeding Babalu -- 10. Sweater Girls of the Barnyard -- 11. Gallus Archipelago -- 12. The Intuitive Physicist -- 13. A Last Cause. |
| 596 ## - |
|---|
| -- |
1 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Chickens |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Civilization |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Animals and civilization |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Human-animal relationships |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
HISTORY / World. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
NATURE / Animals / Birds. |
| Source of heading or term |
bisacsh |
| 948 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC); SERIES PART DESIGNATOR (RLIN) |
|---|
| Series part designator, SPT (RLIN) |
u603813 |
| 949 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
|---|
| a |
SF487.7 .L28 2014 |
| w |
LC |
| c |
1 |
| h |
EY8Z |
| i |
33039001359784 |
| 903 ## - LOCAL DATA ELEMENT C, LDC (RLIN) |
|---|
| a |
32096 |