The road to hell : (Record no. 37489)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 1944267
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 960829s1997 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 96041168
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0684828006
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0743227867 (pbk.)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780743227865 (pbk.)
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)35559058
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (OCoLC)ocm35559058
035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (NNC)1944267
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
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Geographic area code f------
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number HC800
Item number .M37 1997
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Maren, Michael.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Africa
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The road to hell :
Remainder of title the ravaging effects of foreign aid and international charity /
Statement of responsibility, etc Michael Maren.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York, NY :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Free Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1997.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 302 p. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Michael Maren has spent much of the last twenty years in Africa, first as an aid worker, later as a journalist. He witnessed at close range a harrowing series of wars, famines, and natural disasters. In The Road to Hell he tells how CARE unwittingly assisted a Somali dictator in building a political and economic powerbase.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc How the UN, Save the Children, and many other nongovernmental organizations provided raw materials for ethnic factions who subsequently threatened genocidal massacres in Rwanda and Burundi. He brings firsthand reports of African farmers, Western aid workers, and corrupt politicians from many countries, joined together in a vicious circle of self-interest. Above all, he heralds an important truth: humanitarian intervention and foreign aid activity is necessarily political. It gets hijacked by powerful charities and agricultural interests. It is cynically manipulated by local strongmen to control rebellious populations.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc And it is the last refuge of Western colonialism. We all want to end the suffering. But our desire to alleviate suffering often stands in the way of the truth. If you think your charitable giving is making the Third World a better place, think again.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Economic assistance
Geographic subdivision Africa.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Charities
Geographic subdivision Africa
General subdivision Management.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Charities
General subdivision Corrupt practices
Geographic subdivision Africa.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
General subdivision Economic conditions
Chronological subdivision 1960-
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Numeration TOC
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Item type Book
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last borrowed Copy number Price effective from Koha item type Total Renewals
    Library of Congress Classification     Non-fiction Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) Nairobi Campus General Circulation 08/12/2010 purchase 5 HC800 .M37 1997 024159 12/03/2016 1 08/12/2010 Book  
    Library of Congress Classification     Non-fiction Nairobi Campus Nairobi Campus General Circulation 08/12/2010 purchase 5 HC800 .M37 1997 024160 22/09/2016 2 08/12/2010 Book 1