Soochow [Suzhou] was much more accessible at the building of a railroad connecting it to Shanhai in 1911 and thus brought within the range of day-trips and making it a more desirable location for wealthy Chinese. "By 1936 it was possible.for F. R. Nance .to write a detailed guidebook to Suzhou, naming it for the first time as the garden city , an appellation it retains in travel literature down to the present day" [Craig Clunas; "Fruitful Sites: Garden Culture in Ming Dynasty China", p. 202]. With attractive colored maps on the endsheets of The Waterways; plates from photographs by C. H. Wong, and 5 folding maps. An important guidebook. Very Good binding. Seller Inventory # 276582

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Title: SOOCHOW THE GARDEN CITY

Publisher: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, Shanghai

Publication Date: 1936

Condition: Very Good binding

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