Macau through 500 years : emergence and development of an untypical Chinese City / Victor F. S. Sit
Imprint
Hong Kong : Silkroad Press/Enrich Professional Publishing, c2013
Descript
xviii, 258 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 35 cm
CONTENT
The changing perspectives of China and the west of power at sea -- The golden century (1550-1643) -- Protracted decline: opium trafficking and an aggressive imperial outpost (1644-1844) -- Colonization: expansion and modernization (1845-1949) -- Contemporary Macau, a world-class gambling, tourist and exposition city (1950-2010)
SUBJECT
Macao -- History
Macao -- Politics and government
China -- Politics and government -- 1976-2002
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) -- History
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) -- Social conditions
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) -- Politics and government
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region) -- Economic conditions