The pulse of Asia

Huntington, Ellsworth

Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1907

First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], 415, [1]; plates and text illustrations, 2 folding maps; publisher's green cloth gilt, t.e.g., unopened; inscribed by Huntington: "That the reader may find in this book something of the pleasure and stimulus to thought which was found in writing it is the wish of the author"; fore-edge of folding map a little worn and soiled, else fine. With a review of the book from the publisher laid in. From the preface: "This book is the record of a journey in Central Asia, and its aim is to illustrate the geographic relation between physical environment and man, and between changes of climate and history." Huntington was a professor of geography at Yale, and President of the Board of the American Eugenics Society. "His work reflected this careful balance of racialized hereditarianism and, at times, quite stark climatic determinism. While his books The Pulse of Asia (1907) and Civilization and Climate (1915) were early elucidations of the connection between historical climatic changes and their possible impact on civilizations, his later work like The Character of Races (1924) attempted to shed light on how racial mixture, natural selection, and migration shape the 'character of races or racial stock.'" (Lavery, "The Power of Racial Mapping") Yakushi H481. Seller Inventory # 68572

Bibliographic Details

Title: The pulse of Asia
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York
Publication Date: 1907
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition