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Macau: The Imaginary City

Autor Jonathan Porter
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 aug 2019
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
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367316747
ISBN-10: 0367316749
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Introduction: The Imaginary City -- Two Worlds -- Boundaries -- Memories -- Transitions -- Moments -- Images -- Conclusion: Illusions

Notă biografică

Jonathan Porter is professor of history at the University of New Mexico and the author of All Under Heaven: The Chinese World.

Descriere

In this book on the cultural and social history of a unique and fragile city, Macau, Jonathan Porter examines it as an enduring but ever-changing threshold between East and West. He reflects on the character and meaning of the many cultural and social influences that have met and mingled in Macau.