ISBN-13: 9780367316747
Hardcover
264 Pages
Macau: The Imaginary City
by Jonathan Porter
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ISBN-139780367316747
ISBN-100367316749
PublisherRoutledge
Published2019-08-27
Edition1
LanguageEnglish
FormatHardcover
Pages264
About This Book
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