Over the years, many primary and secondary schools have employed bookplates to admonish students against marking up their textbooks. These three examples all come from 1940s American school books, but each one delivers its message in a very different way!
Some school bookplates, such as this eye-catching red one pasted into a 1942 third-grade grammar book, are touchingly poetic, requiring that its owner promise to:
Keep it clean; Refrain from marking it up; Keep from tearing or rolling up page corners; Be kind to this book as though it has a soul
Because it is my friend!
Other examples seem a bit more sterile, by comparison. The language used in this 1947 French textbook, for example, matches the plain, utilitarian design of the bookplate:
Please do not write in this book. Remember that other students must use it later. Please keep it as neat and unsoiled as you can. Your cooperation in this matter will be appreciated.
Our final bookplate, from a 1946 English reader, is decidedly more… civic-minded. Issued and owned by the State of Arizona, this label outlines what it calls the “Good Citizenship Code For Pupils Using State Textbooks”, a set of rules that includes such pledges as:
I will respect and take care of the property of the State.
I will keep my books clean outside and inside.
I will not spoil their pages with finger prints.
I will guard my books as a trust from the State.
I will keep my books fit for those to use who come after me as I expect those who come before me to keep their books fit for me to use.
Of course, as we have seen over andover andover again, schoolchildren were generally not afraid to mark up their textbooks. We’ll leave it to our followers to decide which books (in the words of that first bookplate) have more soul: the clean, unmarked copies or the used and soiled ones.
If you want to read an academic article that’s behind a paywall just email the author and ask politely if they will send you the article. Most academics will be thrilled that you want to read their work and will gladly send it to you.
Hello everyone! Here are some textbooks I had time to scan and upload (marked with an asterisk) or had found somewhere online. I hope you find something here that helps you! This post will be updated as I get more time to scan books, purchase more books, or if I happen to find more books online.
Can’t find the textbook you’re looking for on this list? Please feel free to hit up my ask! I may have it, but just haven’t scanned it yet.
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Also, whether you’re reading and writing academic papers or not, it’s 100% okay to be a nerd!
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My favorite websites about Korean culture/history (in Korean):
한국민족문화대백과사전 - Dictionary specialized in historical and cultural Korean-related terms
우리역사넷 - Website that explains Korean history and historical figures to young Koreans (초등 level)
KCISA (한국문화정보원) - Official government website about Korean Culture
The Educational Foundation for Koreans Abroad (재외동포교육진흥재단) - Everything’s in the name. They have a vast collection of PDF books you can choose from, including one called 한글학교 학생용 한국문화 explaining Korean culture to low-intermediate students, which I highly recommend.
It has recently been disclosed that Japan falsely likened the shape of the Korean territory to a rabbit, arousing the indignation of people.
As to this, The Pyongyang Times staff reporter Kim Yu Gyong talked with Kong Myong Song, PhD and director of the Folklore Research Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences.
The map of each country has the name symbolizing its nation, hasn’t it?
That’s right. The map of each country is the chart of its territory, providing the most intuitive idea of the country or nation.
Many countries have compared their maps with their traditional symbols. For example, China likens the shape of its map to a cock and Russia to a bear, teaching their histories and traditions in relation with them.
Japan, however, falsely described the Korean map as rabbit-shaped against the will of the Korean people, didn’t it?
In the early 20th century the Japanese imperialists forced the Koreans to change their names in Japanese fashion and their time by Japanese standard, while trying to distort and obliterate the symbolism of the Korean map.
Koto Bunjiro, a Japanese venal geography professor, conducted a survey of Korea for 15 months from 1900 and published its result in 1903. The result denied the Great Paektu Mountains the Korean geographers had asserted, while insisting that the Korean territory is in the shape of a rabbit.
This sophistry was spread through Japanese books on geography and culture that had been published since 1903. The Geography of Korea, which was published in Tokyo in 1904 when the Russo-Japanese War was at its height, said the “topography of Korea is in the shape of an upright rabbit about to jump into Liaodong with Tsushima as a stepping stone”.
What was the purpose of Japan’s persistent description of “rabbit shape”?
There was an ulterior object.
The aim was to inculcate a sense of superiority in the Japanese and stir up fever for the invasion of Korea by representing the Korean nation and peninsula as the meek animal that cannot eat other animals but is eaten by others.
The argument about the “rabbit shape” also came as some other foreigners were representing the Korean peninsula in a different way in view of its main mountain ranges and terrain.
In 1906 an American said about the topography of the peninsula to the following effect:
“A mountain vein extends southward with what the Koreans call Mt Paektu as the highest mountain to form the ridge of the Korean peninsula. For the topographical reason, Korea cannot but turn its back to Japan.”
This exerted a great influence on determining the Korean history.
The assertion reflected not only the opinion of the individual American but that of many other foreigners who encouraged the Korean people’s anti-Japanese resistance.
The perverted view of the Korean topography was needed for the Japanese imperialists to prevent any slight anti-Japanese action and infuse the Koreans with national nihilism and slavish mentality in every aspect.
According to information, patriotic activists of the Korean cultural movement represented the country’s map as the rose of Sharon or tiger in protest against the Japanese vicious moves.
Exactly. The geography textbook they compiled in 1907 disclosed the wrongfulness of Japan’s argument about “rabbit shape”. Historically, Korea was called by foreigners as a “country of the rose of Sharon” as it grew there in profusion and so the flower symbolized the country. And the country was also depicted as an intrepid tiger in the light of the Koreans’ righteous and brave character.
This is evidenced by the painting entitled “Map of the country of the rose of Sharon filled with the spirit of fierce tiger”, which was drawn around 1920. In the map of Korea in the shape of a tiger, the stripes on its back portrayed the Great Paektu Mountains, those on its torso the branches of the mountains and the head of the roaring tiger the northern area of the country.
Although more than a century has passed since Japan occupied Korea, the Japanese have not yet made soul-searching and apology for the past crimes. Instead, they are clamouring about “threat from the Korean peninsula” as they compile history textbook filled with lies in the new century. In connection with the shape of Korea’s map, the textbook says:
“A forearm sticks out towards Japan from the continent. It is the Korean peninsula. In this sense, the peninsula lies in a position that constitutes a lethal weapon being pointed at Japan.”
The argument about “forearm”and“lethal weapon” invented by the Japanese conservative right-wingers is as good as that about “rabbit shape” Japan fabricated to justify the invasion of Korea and colonial rule over it early in the 20th century.
Japan should make a sincere apology and full reparation for the crime-ridden past, instead of spreading the argument about “threat from the Korean peninsula”, giddy with fever for re-invasion.
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You’re a college student. You’re not rolling in cash, though you wish you were.
So when you’re assigned $100, $200, and sometimes even $400 textbooks, there’s no way you can pay that much.
Try these options instead.
1. Price comparison sites
Websites like SlugbooksandBigWords will allow you to compare used and rental textbook prices from a variety of websites, allowing you to find the cheapest way to get those books.
2. “Rent” from the library
Don’t want to spend any money at all? It’s a stretch, but check with your school library. They might have the textbook you need on reserve, and then you can just visit it when you need it!
3. Get an alternative with built-in study tools
The website Boundless offers a $19.99 digital alternative that is aligned to your assigned textbook and also includes flashcards, quizzes, and study reminders. With these textbook alternatives you can study on-the-go!
4. Share with a friend
If you have a friend in your class with you, split the cost of the textbook and share it. This way, you’ll also have a study buddy! (Make sure you trust your friend if you choose this option!)
Hope this helps – you should have no problem saving money on textbooks now.
Now go rock the semester and enjoy the sound of the extra change in your pocket.
Hi guys! I recently joined this Australian site for book lovers, called Bookon. It’s basically a digital marketplace for books. It’s similar to Ebay’s concept without auctions and specifically made for books. It’s currently the largest book marketplace in Australia where you can find thousands of study notes, textbooks, novels, references, study books or any kind of books. Whether you are…
