Download or read book Books on Asia from the Near East to the Far East written by Eleazar Birnbaum and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1971-12-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The list is presented in four main parts: Asia as a whole; the Islamic world; India, South and Southeast Asia; the Far East. Subdivisions cover such topics as: general and reference works; history, social science, and law; history of literature; literature in translation; religion and ideas; arts, crafts, architecture, and science; and the lands in modern times.