Little Liberia: an African odyssey in New York City (Record no. 766976)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | <a href="9781868 42382">9781868 42382</a> |
| Qualifying information | (pbk) |
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| Original cataloging agency | RDA |
| Transcribing agency | 3228 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language | English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 305.89666207 STEI |
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| Creator ID | 12663 |
| Creator Name | Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale |
| Modifier ID | 12663 |
| Modifier Name | Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Steinberg, Jonny |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Little Liberia: an African odyssey in New York City |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Steinberg Jonny, Fish Lucky |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Johannesburg : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Jonathan Ball, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 286 pages |
| Other physical details | colour iluustrations: maps, portraits |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Summary: "In his latest book, Little Liberia: An African Odyssey in New York, Steinberg takes us to Park Hill Avenue on Staten Island, where a community of Liberians have made their home. Through interviews and shadowing of two community leaders, Steinberg strives to understand the peculiarities of this community; while it appears at times as if a piece of Liberia has been sliced off and dropped in New York, the Park Hill community is ravaged by conflict between different interest groups. To understand what is going on in 2008 New York, Steinberg travels back - back to Liberia and back to the country's tragic recent history of civil war, military coups and mass exterminations. The story of Liberia is a gruesome and miserable one but Steinberg's empathy for his subjects never allows the narrative to descend into voyeurism. The combination of hard nosed investigative journalism, a gift for storytelling and an obvious empathy for the characters that he shadows makes Steinberg an author who demands to be read, whatever the subject matter. A brilliant and important book which will delight Steinberg's thousands of followers and doubtless earn him many more"--Book Lounge.<br/><br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-273) and index. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE | |
| Target audience note | Adult |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 300: Social Science | Mkhuhlu | Mkhuhlu | Non Fiction | 02.09.2024 | 305.89666207 STEI | 33228 02472405 | 02.09.2024 | 02.09.2024 | Book |