Economist Historical Archive 1843-2000

[James Knight]

I know the two are separate collections, though I can't speak to the
release date for 19th Century UK Periodicals. I'll post a note here
when I find out. -jk

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>Date:    Wed, 8 Aug 2007 06:13:49 -0400
>From:    Stephen Goranson <goranson at DUKE.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Economist Historical Archive 1843-2000
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>Thanks. Is that part of their "19th Century U.K. Periodicals
>...[Available Fall
>2007]"? If my trial subscription ends before then, perhaps someone will search
>for "lies and statistics." Walter Bagehot, an editor at the Economist,
>has been
>credited by several writers since 1894 (Price Collier, Mr Picket-Pin and His
>Friends p.150; also in 1909, 1912, 1915, 1919, 1947, etc.) with the saying
>about three kinds of lies. Of course, it may not be Bagehot, nor in the
>Economist, but it seems worth liooking.
>
>Stephen Goranson
>http://www.duke.edu/~goranson
>
>Quoting James Knight <jamesknight at CENTURYTEL.NET>:
>
>>All,
>>
>>I know it's not necessarily for American dialecticians, but thought
>>I'd let you all know that Gale is about to release their "Economist
>>Historical Archive 1843-2000" digital collection (~September);
>>"500,000 pages fully text searchable". I, for one, am looking forward
>to it (though no longer a Gale employee -- which, btw, did everyone
>remember has been sold to a British PE firm).
>
>Anyhoo, the literature points prospective subscribers to
>
>     www.gale.com/GDCTrial
>
>for a free trial.
>
>Best,
>
>-jk

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