THE PULSE OF ASIA: A Journey in Central Asia Illustrating the Geographic Basis of History
by Huntington, Ellsworth
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- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1919. Cloth. Very Good. New Edition", 1919. Very Good. 8vo., 415 pp., with black & white illustrations including folding map at rear. Bound in publishers green cloth. Rubbing at top and base of spine, tips rubbed, occasional markings inside (not many, maybe 6-8). Ellsworth Huntington was a geographer, a professor of Geology-Geography at Yale University, and an author. Huntington was a proponent of the controversial theory that emphasized the dominant influence of climate and eugenics on the character of civilizations. - Wiki.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26590
- Title
- THE PULSE OF ASIA: A Journey in Central Asia Illustrating the Geographic Basis of History
- Author
- Huntington, Ellsworth
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- climate change, geography
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Rougemont, North Carolina
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