Asia and Europe
Subtitle: studies presenting the conclusions formed by the author in a long life devoted to the subject of the relations between Asia and Europe
By: by Meredith Townsend
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: A. Constable & co., ltd.
Published: 1905
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: Oriental Civilization
Notes: "Reprints from the 'Contemporary review,' the 'National review,' and the 'Spectator.'"--Pref. to 1st edition.
Table of contents: title: Preface.; title: Introduction.; title: The influence of Europe on Asia.; title: Islam and Christianity in India.; title: Will England retain India?; title: The charm of Asia for Asiatics.; title: English and Asiatic feeling contrasted.; title: The reflex effect of Asiatic ideas.; title: The mental seclusion of India.; title: The great Arabian [Mahommed]; title: Race-hatred in Asia.; title: Arab courage.; title: Indian abstemiousness.; title: The Asiatic notion of justice.; title: The "standard of comfort" in India.; title: The core of Hindooism.; title: Cruelty in Europe and Asia.; title: The variety of Indian society.; title: The vastness of calamities in Asia.; title: A typical Asiatic [Dhuleep Singh]; title: Aladdin's cave.; title: The Arabs of the desert.; title: Asiatic patriotism.-"Fanaticism" in the East.; title: Will conquest vivify Asia?; title: Why Turkey lives.; title: Tropical colonization.; title: Hindoo "barbarism"; title: The future of the negro.; title: The negro problem in America.; title: The minds of the savages.; title: The progress of savage races.; title: The contempt of Asia for Europe.