Macau: The Imaginary City

ISBN-13: 9780367316747 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 263 str.

Jonathan Porter

Opis

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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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