Between China and Europe: Person, Culture and Emotion in Macao
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From the mid-1500s to December 1999, Macao was the longest-standing site of economic, religious and political contact between the Chinese and European worlds. Yet this surprising capacity for survival has resulted, ironically, form the very weakness of the Portuguese presence. In particular, since the foundation of Hong Kong (in 1840), Macao had depended on a creative use of its marginality - as a centre for gambling, for the coolie trade, the opium...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:B007IGVCWO
ISBN13:9780826457493
Release Date:June 2005
Publisher:Routledge
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.78 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"
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