Encyclopedia of Asian History (4 Volumes) - Hardcover

Ainslie T. Embree

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684186195 ISBN 13: 9780684186191

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988

Synopsis

This exhaustive 4-vol. reference provides a full record of Asia -- its history, geography, politics, cultures, and people. The 3,000 original articles cover places, eras, and events, and include over 1,200 biographies.

About this title

From Library Journal:

This first-rate, professionally sound, and invitingly handsome reference work covers most of Asia, including various past and present countries of this region, and comprehensively deals with historical events, the people, places, books, religion, ideas (Marxism, shamanism), music, and phenomena (e.g., slavery, famine, writing systems). Although it emphasizes the last 300 years, all periods are presented; maps are clear and adequate in number. The index is thorough and almost every entry has a useful short list of further readings. A sound and accessible work for the researcher, the advanced high school student, or the prospective tourist. Belongs in any library's reference collection. Charles W. Hayford, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review:

"First rate...Belongs in any library's reference collection." -- Library Journal (Library Journal )

About this edition

• Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0684186195
• ISBN 13: 9780684186191
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 2000