| Record ID | marc_loc_updates/v39.i39.records.utf8:9573359:1759 |
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001 2010942491
003 DLC
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008 101207r20112009nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010942491
020 $a9781568586564 (U.S. pbk.)
020 $z9781568586663 (U.S. e-book)
020 $a1568586566 (U.S. pbk.)
020 $z1568586663 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $anwjm---
050 00 $aF1887$b.T46 2011
100 1 $aThomson, Ian,$d1961-
245 14 $aThe dead yard :$ba story of modern Jamaica /$cIan Thomson.
260 $aNew York :$bNation Books,$c2011.
300 $axviii, 370 p. ;$c21 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: London : Faber and Faber, 2009.
500 $a"Winner of the Ondaatje Prize"--Cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 350-356) and index.
505 0 $aA history of Paradise -- (Black man) in Hammersmith Palais -- Trench Town mix up -- Strictly come dancehall -- Slaving -- Massa day done? -- I've got to go back home -- Forward unto Zion -- Maximum Black -- Stranded on Death Row -- The negotiator -- Blood and fire -- Revival time -- Don't call us immigrants -- English upbringing, background Caribbean -- Everything crash -- Nanny knew best -- The killing of a Chinese shopkeeper -- 007 (Shanty Town) -- Sitting in limbo -- Police and thieves -- Night nurse -- Scotland Yard -- Herbsman hustle -- Investors in people ('cargo') -- Lord Creator -- Life of contradiction -- Take down the Union Jack.
651 0 $aJamaica$xPolitics and government$y1962-
651 0 $aJamaica$xSocial conditions$y21st century.
651 0 $aJamaica$xMoral conditions.
651 0 $aJamaica$xHistory$y1962-
651 0 $aJamaica$xDescription and travel.