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Author:   C.X. George Wei (University of Macau, Macao)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9780415625845

ISBN 10:   041562584
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   31 October 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Faith and the Formation of Macao: Religions and Urban Development 1. Faith and Property: Pressures of Urban Development on Worship in Macao, the Mou Tai -Tin Hau Temple in CheokKa Chun, Macao 2. The Earth God Worship in Macao -- The Transformation of Communal Earth God Worship in Urban Setting Part 2: Western Footprints: The Missionaries in Macao and Their Contributions to the Formation of Macao 3. Darwinism, Freemasonry and Print Culture: The Construction of Identity of the Macanese Colonial Elites in the Late Nineteenth Century 4. The Holy House of Mercy and Its Impact on Macao’s Women Part 3: The Impact of Global Forces: The Presence and Competition of Maritime Powers in and around Macao 5. Dutch Attacks against the Goa-Macao-Japan Route, 1603-1618 6. Early British Presence in China: The First Anglo-Portuguese Voyage to Macao 7. The Cushing Mission to Macao and US Imperial Expansion in Nineteenth-Century Asia Part 4: Cosmopolitanism: The Transnational and Transitional Politics, Society and Identity of Macao 8. Macao: An Early Modern Cosmopolis 9. Macao’s Urban Identity Quest 1557-1999/2009: Spatialization of Territory 10. State, Market Force, and Building National Identity in China’s Hong Kong and Macao 11. The Implications of the Special Administrative Regions for the International System: Macao as a Successful Case Study

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C.X. George Wei is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Macau, China.

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