Macau through 500 years [[electronic resource] ] : emergence and development of an untypical chinese city / / Victor F. S. Sit

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463150303321
• Autore: Xue Fengxuan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore, : Silkroad Press/Enrich Professional Publishing, c2013
• ISBN: 981-4298-88-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 951.26
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; 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
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""About the Author""; ""Contents""; ""Preface by Tse Chi-wai""; ""Preface by Zhao Wei""; ""Preface by Chan Sun-chi""; ""Preface by the Author""; ""Notes on Maps and Data""; ""Key Map for Major Historical Buildings""; ""Chapter 1 The Changing Perspectives of China and the West on Power at Sea""; ""Macau's Position and Role""; ""China's Land and Sea Routes to the West""; ""China's Maritime Boycott and the Age of Discovery""; ""Arrival of the Portuguese in China""; ""Macau Viewed as a Foreigners Ward by China""; ""Chapter 2 The Golden Century (1550-1643)""; ""Emergence of a Portuguese Settlement""""Triangular Trade""; ""Macau City: A Portuguese Style Fanfang in China""; ""A Subtype of the Late Medieval City""; ""The Hub of East-West Cultural Exchange""; ""Chapter 3 Protracted Decline: Opium Trafficking and an Aggressive Imperial Outpost (1644-1844)""; ""Dynastic Change and the Maritime Boycott (Haijin) Policy (1644-84)""; ""Opening Four Ports to Foreign Trade (1684-1757)""; ""Guangzhou's Outer Port: Winter Bivouac and Opium Trafficking (1758-1824)""; ""The Dawn of the Age of Imperialism (1825-44)""; ""Population Growth and Urban Development""""Chapter 4 Colonization: Expansion and Modernization (1845-1949)""; ""Portuguese Colonial ; Ambition""; ""Large-Scale Reclamation and Modern Urbanization""; ""Perverted Economic Development""; ""Industry, Commerce, Fishery and Agriculture""; ""Soda Port or the Monte Carlo of the Orient""; ""Chapter 5 Contemporary Macau, a World -Class Gambling, Tourist and Exposition City (1950-2010)""; ""The Political Transformation of Contemporary Macau: Returning to China and the One Country, Two System Arrangement""; ""Appendix""; ""References""""Index""