Illustrated textbooks

19 published textbooks (Japanese originals). All are available in this language.

Read first

Start with vol. 1 (free in full). Then vol. 17 gives you the map of the whole — after that, any shelf works.

Vol. 1E1 Source Criticism What to believe, what to doubt chapters 12 ・ plates 23 ・ about 86 min free in full

If you want the map of the whole first, go to vol. 17, A Sketch of 2,700 Years.

Four shelves

Shelved by subject — not by issue number, not by course code. Start from what you want to read.

History of money

From weight to stamp, from stamp to promise. Read 2,700 years straight through, or Japan alone.

Vol. 17A00 A Sketch of 2,700 Years Sketch — Map, Chronology, and Data Table chapters 15 ・ plates 14 ・ about 100 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 11A01 Where Did Money Come From? A General History ① — From 3000 BC to 336 BC chapters 12 ・ plates 31 ・ about 106 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 4B01 The Birth of Money Cross-cutting theme chapters 12 ・ plates 16 ・ about 34 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 2C06 The Silver Road Chain of people chapters 11 ・ plates 16 ・ about 35 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 14A06 The World of the Gold Standard A General History ⑥ — From 1816 to 1914 chapters 13 ・ plates 30 ・ about 128 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 16A11 Rice, Coins, and Silver — Japan Part 1 General History ⑦ — From 621 to 1800 chapters 13 ・ plates 21 ・ about 112 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment

How money works

Fineness, paper, banks, the end of gold, modern money, law — the mechanisms behind your wallet and your account.

Vol. 3B03 Fineness and Debasement Cross-cutting theme chapters 11 ・ plates 17 ・ about 32 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 6B11 Paper Money Cross-cutting theme chapters 12 ・ plates 13 ・ about 31 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 8B12 Banking and Credit Cross-cutting theme chapters 12 ・ plates 22 ・ about 48 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 5C11 The Life and Death of the Gold Standard Chain of people chapters 12 ・ plates 11 ・ about 32 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 10B19 Modern Money Thematic Survey chapters 12 ・ plates 19 ・ about 144 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 18B17 Money and Law Cross-cutting theme chapters 10 ・ plates 13 ・ about 56 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment

Reading from events

Manias, frauds, crises. Read one event from the sources and see the questions and structures that keep coming back.

Vol. 19E11 Money, Read Through Events Reading Mania, Deception, and Crisis from Historical Sources chapters 14 ・ plates 68 ・ about 406 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment

How to check for yourself

Reading sources, looking at real coins, identifying one piece, reading statutes and ledgers — checking with your own hands.

Vol. 1E1 Source Criticism What to believe, what to doubt chapters 12 ・ plates 23 ・ about 86 min free in full Vol. 12B02 Materials Cross-cutting theme chapters 9 ・ plates 444 ・ about 336 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 7E5 Iconography What is depicted, and what is left out chapters 11 ・ plates 41 ・ about 45 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 9B09 Minting Technology Cross-cutting theme chapters 11 ・ plates 20 ・ about 31 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 13E9 Research Practice Only when written does it become scholarship chapters 4 ・ plates 72 ・ about 70 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment Vol. 15E10 The Technique of Discovery Lay them side by side, turn the difference into a question chapters 8 ・ plates 23 ・ about 208 min opening pages free; the rest after enrolment

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