eBooks

I have copy-protected the site, but offer its material as two pdf ebooks formatted for easy reading on computers, laptops and tablets, i.e. on screens of all sizes down to 7". Together, the two ebooks offer all the webpage material, plus three advantages:

1. The references are provided.

2. The material is formatted as a proper book, allowing comfortable sequential reading on hand-held devices.

3. The contents are protected under copyright, but you may copy tables, illustrations and small parts of the text for private use.

The price for each ebook is currently US$ 4.95, and payment is through Paypal.

I have set the price to something nominal, and disabled security functions (i.e. so you can print and copy pages). In return Ocaso Press asks you abide by the conditions under which the ebook is offered. Namely, in purchasing the ebook you agree to:

1. Not to lend the ebook to third parties.

2. Not to resell the book or its contents.

3. Not to benefit in any way financially by promoting the ebook.

How to Order

Simply click on the PayPal button below to be taken to PayPal site, which offers a range of payment methods. (You will see that payment is to ecommerce.digest@gmail.com, which is the name Ocaso Press uses to sell its popular ebook on Paypal.) Once payment is authorized you will be sent to a download page where you can download your copy of the ebook. The process is simple and straight forward, but we are on hand to help in the unlikely event of problems. Just email us. We speak English and Spanish.

Volume One:

Volume One covers the early and medieval periods, and runs to 79,922 words, 320 pages and 653 references. Contents:

Preface

1. Ideologies: An Introduction to Money

2. Money before Coinage

3. First Empires

4. Greek City States

5. The Celts

6. Confederations: Pathian and Sasanian Empires

7. The Roman Empire

8. The Later Roman Empire

9. The Chinese Bureaucratic Empire

10. The Saka Peoples

11. Early Islamic States

12. Medieval Islamic States

13. Medieval China

14. Medieval India

15. Mongol Empire

16. Mughal India

17. Later Islamic Societies

18. Medieval Europe

19. Trading Empires: Venice

20. Proto-Coinages

21. Metal Mining and Sources

22. Specie Flows

23. Gold versus Silver

24. Minting Techniques

25. Early Banking

Resources

The Preface and Resources are identical in both ebooks, and repeats information on the 'about us' and 'resources' webpages.

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Volume Two

Volume Two covers the modern period, and runs to 104,179 words, 404 pages and 1408 references. Contents:

Preface

26. The Modern State

27. Absolute Monarchies

28. Paternalistic States

29. Constitutional Monarchies

30. Autarchic States: Germany

31. Communist States

32. Modern Democracies

33. Post-Industrial States

34. E.E.C.

35. Mixed Economies

36. Mercantile Empires

37. Colonial Empires

38. Globalisation

39. Industrial Revolution

40. Capitalism

41. Economics

42. Neoliberalism

43. Modern Banking

44. Financial Meltdown

45. The Future of Money

Resources

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'Look Inside' Free First Chapter

To see how the ebooks will look on your tablet or PC screen, you can download from here a free first chapter of Volume One. (Just use your browser functions to save the .pdf file.)

 

N.B. All the above is now out of date. Please download a free pdf copy from researchgate.net