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Title	Chinese books and libraries
Creator	Swingle, Walter T. (Walter Tennyson), 1871-1952
Summary	This article reviews the history of printing in China highlighting the vast quantity of literary works and historical records. The highlighted historical materials include many geographic treatises and gazetteers that have importance for agricultural research. The review mentions that in contrast to the United States, the majority of Chinese literature is in large private libraries. Swingle ends by describing library collections of Chinese works in the United States.
Note	Reprint: Swingle, Walter T. 1917. Article was a paper read before the American Library Association, Louisville Conference. Reprinted from the Proceedings.
Subject	China Preservation books Encyclopedias Libraries Printing
Date Original	1917
Coverage-Temporal	1910-1920
Coverage-Spatial	Washington (D.C.)
Physical Description	6 pages
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami Libraries. Special Collections.
Collection Title	Walter Tennyson Swingle Collection
Collection No.	ASM0188
Series	Swingle Articles
Container	Box No. 1; Folder No. 3; Folder Title: Ca - Cl
Copyright	http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html
Object ID	asm0188000001

Title	Page 1
Digital ID	asm01880000010001001

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