| Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 235 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 87 |
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Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 87.
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| Contents |
Faith and property : pressures of urban development on worship in Macau : the Mou Tai-Tin Hau Temple in Cheok Ka Chun, Macao / Peter Zabielskis, University of Macau -- The earth god worship in Macao : the transformation of communal earth god worship in urban setting / Tianshu Zhu, University of Macau -- Darwinism, freemasonry and print culture : the construction of identity of the Macanese colonial elites in the late nineteenth century / Isabel Morais, University of Saint Joseph -- The Holy House of Mercy and its impact on Macao's women / Leonor Diaz de Seabra, University of Macau -- Dutch attacks against the Goa-Macao-Japan route, 1603-1618 / André Murteira, New University of Lisbon -- Early British presence in China : the first Anglo-Portuguese voyage to Macao / Rogério Miguel Puga, New University of Lisbon -- The Cushing mission to Macao and US imperial expansion in nineteenth-century Asia / He Sibing, Huaqiao University -- Macao : an early modern cosmopolis / Iona Man-Cheong, Stony Brook University-SUNY -- Macao's urban identity quest 1557-1999/2009 : spatialization of territory / Paula Morais, London School of Economics -- State, market force, and building national identity in China's Hong Kong and Macao / Bill K.P. Chou, University of Macau -- The implications of the special administrative regions for the international system : Macao as a successful case study / Carmen Amado Mendes, University of Coimbra |
| Summary |
"This book explores how Macau 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 Macau - Cultural Interaction and Literary Representation"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource (ebrary, viewed December 23, 2013) |
| SUBJECT |
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00004501
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| Subject |
China -- Macau (Special Administrative Region)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wei, C. X. George, editor
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| ISBN |
9781135119997 |
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1135119996 |
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9780203797242 |
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0203797248 |
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