000 -LEADER |
fixed length control field |
02285cam a2200385 a 4500 |
CONTROL NUMBER |
control field |
15531755 |
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20100121112214.0 |
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
081121s2009 nyub b 001 0 eng |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2008050049 |
SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(OCoLC)ocn264044131 |
CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
Transcribing agency |
DLC |
Modifying agency |
IG# |
-- |
BTCTA |
-- |
YDXCP |
-- |
ZPP |
-- |
UPZ |
-- |
CDX |
-- |
BUR |
-- |
BWX |
-- |
VP@ |
-- |
DLC |
GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
HQ281 |
Item number |
.K44 2009 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
364.1/370973 |
Edition number |
22 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780385521307 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0385521308 |
AUTHOR NAME |
AUTHOR NAME |
Keefe, Patrick Radden, |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The snakehead : |
Remainder of title |
an epic tale of the Chinatown underworld and the American dream / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Patrick Radden Keefe. |
EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
1st ed. |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Doubleday, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2009. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
xiv, 414 p. : |
Other physical details |
map ; |
Dimensions |
25 cm. |
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [346]-404) and index. |
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Pilgrims -- Leaving Fujian -- Eighteen-thousand-dollar woman -- Dai Lo of the Fuk Ching -- Swiftwater -- Year of the snake -- Mombasa -- The phantom ship -- The Teaneck massacre -- Mutiny in the Atlantic -- A well-founded fear -- The fat man -- Freedom birds -- The goldfish and the Great Wall -- Parole -- Snakeheads international -- Catching Lilly Zhang -- The mother of all Snakeheads. |
SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
The rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss--Sister Ping--and the intricate human trafficking network she created from her business in New York City's Chinatown, together with a panoramic tale about the gangland gunslingers who worked for her, the immigration and law enforcement officials who pursued her, and the generation of penniless immigrants who risked death to realize their own version of the American dream. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Human trafficking |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Illegal aliens |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Human smuggling |
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2008050049-b.html |
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2008050049-d.html |
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2008050049-s.html |
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |
LOCAL DATA ELEMENT F, LDF (RLIN) |
a |
7 |
b |
cbc |
c |
orignew |
d |
1 |
e |
ecip |
f |
20 |
g |
y-gencatlg |
COPY-LEVEL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
Classification number, CCAL (RLIN) |
xj14 2008-11-21 |
Copy information and material description, CCAL + MDES (RLIN) |
xj14 2008-11-21 |
Classification number, CCAL (RLIN) |
rd08 2008-12-01 |
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xe07 2009-08-07 bk rec'd, to CIP ver.; |
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Barcode 00267245897 returned from bindery 2010-01-19 |