Macao - The Formation of a Global City Hardback
Edited by C.X. George Wei
Part of the Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia series
Hardback
Description
Macao, the former Portuguese colony in southeast China, has a long and very interesting history of cultural interaction between China and the West.
Held by the Portuguese from the 1550s until its return to China in 1999, Macao was up to the emergence of Hong Kong in the later nineteenth century the principal point of entry into China for all Westerners - Dutch, British and others, as well as Portuguese.
The relatively relaxed nature of Portuguese colonial rule, intermarriage, the mixing of Chinese and Western cultures, and the fact that Macao served as a safe haven for many Chinese reformers at odds with the Chinese authorities, including Sun Yat-sen, all combined to make Macao a very different and special place.
This book explores how Macao was formed over the centuries.
It puts forward substantial new research findings and new thinking, and covers a wide range of issues.
It is a companion volume to Macao - Cultural Interaction and Literary Representations.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages, 8 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/10/2013
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- ISBN:9780415625845
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages, 8 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 9 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/10/2013
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415625845
