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Macau through 500 years : emergence and development of an untypical chinese city /

Title
Macau through 500 years : emergence and development of an untypical chinese city / Victor F. S. Sit.
Author
Xue, Fengxuan.
Publication
Singapore : Silkroad Press/Enrich Professional Publishing, c2013.

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Description
xviii, 258 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 36 cm.
Subject
  • Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) > Economic conditions
  • Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) > History
  • Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) > Politics and government
  • Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) > Social conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-256) and index.
Contents
Ch.1. The Changing Perspectives of China and the West on Power at Sea -- Ch.2. The Golden Century (1550-1643) -- Ch.3. Protracted Decline: Opium Trafficking and an Aggressive Imperial Outpost (1644-1844) -- Ch.4. Colonization: Expansion and Modernization (1845-1949) -- Ch.5. Contemporary Macau, a World-Class Gambling, Tourist and Exposition City (1950-2010).
ISBN
  • 9789814298865
  • 9814298867
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library