• REVIEWS
• PRIMARY SOURCES
• ANALYZING
• MODULES
• CASE STUDIES
• FORUM
• ABOUT

Getting Started

• Introduction
• Rethinking History

Questions to Ask

1. What does the source tell us about society?
2. What kind of source is it?
3. Who created the source and why?
4. Who is the intended audience?

Types of Sources

• Quantitative Evidence
• Official Documents
• Newspapers
• Religious Sources
• Personal Accounts
• Fiction and Poetry
• Music
• Visual Material
• Material Culture

Resources

• Case Study: Prostitution
• About the Author
• Credits
• Download Essay

Credits

Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following institutions and individuals for permission to publish material from their collections:

Dr. Emil Kren, The Web Gallery of Art

Dr. Maude S. Wahlman, Professor of Global Arts, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Harumasa Yamamoto, University of Tokyo and Tsurumi University

Kichobonkankoukai Press

Mari Nagase

Okresni archiv Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Photographs by Nancy M. Wingfield

The J. Paul Getty Trust

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