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Introduction

MARC 21 field 752 (Added Entry-Hierarchical Place Name) is a repeatable field containing a hierarchical form of geographic name to give access to place names (e.g., for newspapers, the name of the community served; for rare books, the place of publication or printing), according to the MARC 21 format. It collocates place names that have changed historically or appear in different forms. Although originally set up to provide a hierarchical form of geographic access to newspapers, the field has been generalized to provide access to any place of publication and production.

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