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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797145103321

Autore

Birnbaum Eleazar

Titolo

Books on Asia from the Near East to the Far East : a guide for the general reader / / selected and annotated by Eleazar Birnbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1971

©1971

ISBN

1-4426-3367-0

1-4426-3199-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

016.915/03

Soggetti

Oriental literature

Bibliographies.

Electronic books.

Asia Bibliography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- I. Asia as a whole -- II. The Islamic world -- III. India, South and Southeast Asia -- IV. The Far East -- Index of names -- Index of titles

Sommario/riassunto

This is a selected, annotated list of some 2,000 books on Asia in English and French currently in print, chosen with the aim of providing a long-term historical perspective for the general reader.