| Macau: The Imaginary City Contributor(s): Porter, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367316749 ISBN-13: 9780367316747 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - Political Science | World - Asian - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 951.26 |
| Lexile Measure: 1560 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Chinese - Chronological Period - 16th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this evocative essay on the cultural and social history of a unique and fragile city, Jonathan Porter examines Macau as an enduring but ever-changing threshold between two worlds, the West and China. Founded by the Portuguese in 1557, Macau emerged as a vibrant commercial and cultural hub in the early seventeenth century. The city then gradually |
