Entry Topical Term

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER

• control field: 3149

003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER

• control field: MIUC

005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION

• control field: 20200218153902.0

008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS

• fixed length control field: 090203i| anannbabn |a ana c

010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER

• LC control number: sh2009000869

040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE

• Original cataloging agency: NcD
• Language of cataloging: eng
• Transcribing agency: DLC

150 ## - HEADING--TOPICAL TERM

• Topical term or geographic name entry element: Boat people

450 ## - SEE FROM TRACING--TOPICAL TERM

• Topical term or geographic name entry element: Balseros

450 ## - SEE FROM TRACING--TOPICAL TERM

• Topical term or geographic name entry element: Rafters (People)

550 ## - SEE ALSO FROM TRACING--TOPICAL TERM

• Control subfield: g
• Topical term or geographic name entry element: Political refugees

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Work cat.: The boat people and achievement in America, 1989:
• Information found: t.p. (boat people)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Britannica online, Feb. 3, 2009
• Information found: (boat people: refugees fleeing by boat. The term originally referred to the thousands of Vietnamese who fled their country by sea following the collapse of the South Vietnamese government in 1975 ... The term was later applied to waves of refugees who attempted to reach the United States by boat from Cuba and Haiti and also to Afghan and other refugees seeking asylum in Australia)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Feb. 3, 2009
• Information found: (boat people (plural noun): refugees fleeing by boat)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Univ. of Miami digital library site, Feb. 3, 2009
• Information found: ("The Cuban rafter phenomenon"; Between 1959 and 1994, in defiance of the law, more than 63,000 citizens left Cuba by sea in small groups and reached the United States alive. Thousands more washed up in the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and other Caribbean shores. Over the years, they have been collectively known as balseros (rafters))

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Heritage Foundation website via WWW, Feb. 3, 2009
• Information found: (Haitian rafters)

680 ## - PUBLIC GENERAL NOTE

• Explanatory text: Here are entered works on persons who have fled their native countries by boat or raft because of political persecution or instability. This heading may be subdivided geographically to indicate the country of origin and/or the destination of the political refugees.