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<p>[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4526561, member: 93416"]A valid point Doug. I should explain the incident I cited happened about 2004. At that time the web was a lot smaller. The sort of overview I got from the BM catalogues in the 1970’s could be bettered by going to zeno on the web today. (although interesting to note - as I understand it - that is a private initiative in the English language by that great Russian guy Vladimir Belyaev).</p><p><br /></p><p>Further – it sounds like you have a great local library. I find they vary a lot depending entirely on the particular attitude of the staff. And many of them are great.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, what you can get off the web is still behind what we find in books. Especially things from the independent minded amateurs of previous generations. For instance – we recently touched on the Yuan Feng issues put out under Wang An Shih in the latter part of the 11th century. Well, the wiki page on him is not bad, but does not really bring out how big a figure he really was. A sort of cross between Octavian and Voltaire…..</p><p><br /></p><p>As one part of his policy, to boost markets and thus spread wealth, he pushed coin production to five billion cash per year. I do not think that was matched anywhere before the US did it in the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p>My knowledge of him came from a book written in the 1930’s - as I recall by some American missionary fellow. A few years back I was delighted to discover a local library had a copy so I went to look at it a second time. But they had locked it away in the disposals cabinet. According to a policy - because it had not been checked out for 10 years. I fear that policy seems to lock us into some kind of downward spiral.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob T[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="EWC3, post: 4526561, member: 93416"]A valid point Doug. I should explain the incident I cited happened about 2004. At that time the web was a lot smaller. The sort of overview I got from the BM catalogues in the 1970’s could be bettered by going to zeno on the web today. (although interesting to note - as I understand it - that is a private initiative in the English language by that great Russian guy Vladimir Belyaev). Further – it sounds like you have a great local library. I find they vary a lot depending entirely on the particular attitude of the staff. And many of them are great. However, what you can get off the web is still behind what we find in books. Especially things from the independent minded amateurs of previous generations. For instance – we recently touched on the Yuan Feng issues put out under Wang An Shih in the latter part of the 11th century. Well, the wiki page on him is not bad, but does not really bring out how big a figure he really was. A sort of cross between Octavian and Voltaire….. As one part of his policy, to boost markets and thus spread wealth, he pushed coin production to five billion cash per year. I do not think that was matched anywhere before the US did it in the 20th century My knowledge of him came from a book written in the 1930’s - as I recall by some American missionary fellow. A few years back I was delighted to discover a local library had a copy so I went to look at it a second time. But they had locked it away in the disposals cabinet. According to a policy - because it had not been checked out for 10 years. I fear that policy seems to lock us into some kind of downward spiral. Rob T[/QUOTE]
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