MARC details
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02370nam a2200277Ia 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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173837 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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0000000000 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20211104023710.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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091125s2009 ph 000 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9789715505840 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(AEA)85CC2DF225084816A62780913ABB32C3 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
AEA |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
HD 9156.M35 |
| Item number |
.Si19 2009 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Sievert, Elizabeth Potter. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
45181 |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The story of abaca : |
| Remainder of title |
Manila hemp's transformation from textile to marine cordage and specialty paper / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Elizabeth Potter Sievert. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Quezon City : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Ateneo de Manila University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xix, 310 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill., maps |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
'The Story of Abaca' is a human story told through the experiences of farmers, traders, and entrepreneurs who cultivate, market, manufacture, and promote the Philippine abaca industry. Often called Manila hemp, abaca is indigenous to the Philippines and its commercial production has always been centered here. The king of Spain, the book reveals, rejected abaca rigging for his sailing fleet in the 17th century. Had he not been so short-sighted, he might have found the riches he sought in his Asiatic colony, not in spices or gold, but in the strength and durability of the fibers extracted from the abaca plant that grew so abundantly in the archipelago. Some two centuries later, other naval powers, notably the U.S. and the U.K., did discover these extraordinary characteristics for their marine cordage. The author chronicles the subsequent international competition, which continues today not so much for ropes, but for the specialty papers for which abaca is uniquely well suited. How can this fiber be so strong as to hold a ship in its mooring or tea leaves steeping in a teabag? 'The Story of Abaca' takes you to old ropewalks and harbours in London and Salem, to mills of modern pulpers and papermakers, and to research laboratories in the Philippines. (Source: http://www.amazon.com) |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Abaca (Fiber) |
| Geographic subdivision |
Philippines. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
106088 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Abaca (Plant) |
| Geographic subdivision |
Philippines. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
106089 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Abaca industry |
| Geographic subdivision |
Philippines |
| 9 (RLIN) |
106090 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Filipiniana |
