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Comprehensive general references are Fredric Kaplan, Julian Sobin, and Arne De Keijzer, The China Guidebook, 13th ed. (1993); Nagel Publishers, China, English version by Anne L. Destenay, 4th ed. (1982); and Damian Harper et al., China (2007), a Lonely Planet guide. More-detailed information is contained in China Travel and Tourism Press, Nanjing (1983); Caroline Courtauld, Nanjing, Suzhou and Wuxi (1981); and Caroline Courtauld and May Holdsworth, Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou and Jiangsu Province: Land of Lakes and Classical Gardens (1988). Discussions of geography are included in T.R. Tregear, A Geography of China (1965, reprinted 2008), and China, a Geographical Survey (1980). Robert L. Worden et al. (eds.), China, a Country Study, 4th ed. (1988), discusses several aspects of Nanjing’s industry, trade, and transportation. Chi Tsui, A Short History of Chinese Civilization (1942, reissued 1945); and Immanuel C.Y. Hsü, The Rise of Modern China, 6th ed. (2000), contain general references to Nanjing’s history. A more detailed survey is Barry Till, In Search of Old Nanking (1982). Accounts of specific epochs are covered in Augustus F. Lindley, Ti-ping Tien-kwoh: The History of the Ti-ping Revolution, 2 vol. (1866, reprinted in 1 vol., 1970); Yu-Wen Jen (Yu-Wen Chien), The Taiping Revolutionary Movement (1973); Paul M.A. Linebarger, The China of Chiang K’ai-shek (1941, reprinted 1973); and Harold J. Timperley (ed.), The Japanese Terror in China (1938, reprinted 1969; U.K. title, What War Means: The Japanese Terror in China). Language, culture, and food in Nanjing are discussed in Leo J. Moser, The Chinese Mosaic: The Peoples and Provinces of China (1985).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Official Tourism Site of Nanjing, China. | Apr 03, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Chinas ancient city thats luring expats. | May 09, 2025 | ||
| Link added. | Jun 26, 2024 | ||
| Map added. | May 11, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Nanjing, China. | Sep 15, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Globalsecurity.org - Nanjing / Nanking. | Apr 28, 2022 | ||
| Added video. | Mar 20, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Travel China Guide.com - Nanjing, China. | Mar 19, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Nanjing, China. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Nanjing, China. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Travel China Guide.com - Nanjing, China. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cultural China - Scenery - Nanjing. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - N�njīng, China. | Mar 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Seeraa International - Nanjing Impression: The Sorrowful History and Glorious Culture. | Apr 14, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Seeraa International - Nanjing Impression: The Sorrowful History and Glorious Culture. | Apr 14, 2011 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Mar 04, 2009 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Mar 04, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Nanjing. | Jul 07, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 27, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | May 29, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 05, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |