(Ebook) Macao The Formation of a Global City 1st Edition by C X George Wei ISBN 041562584X 9780415625845

(Ebook) Macao The Formation of a Global City 1st Edition by C X George Wei ISBN 041562584X 9780415625845

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ISBN 10: 041562584X 
ISBN 13: 9780415625845
Author: C X George Wei

Macao, the former Portuguese colony in southeast China, has a long and very interesting history of cultural interaction between China and the West. Held by the Portuguese from the 1550s until its return to China in 1999, Macao was up to the emergence of Hong Kong in the later nineteenth century the principal point of entry into China for all Westerners - Dutch, British and others, as well as Portuguese. The relatively relaxed nature of Portuguese colonial rule, intermarriage, the mixing of Chinese and Western cultures, and the fact that Macao served as a safe haven for many Chinese reformers at odds with the Chinese authorities, including Sun Yat-sen, all combined to make Macao a very different and special place. This book explores how Macao was formed over the centuries. It puts forward substantial new research findings and new thinking, and covers a wide range of issues. It is a companion volume to Macao - Cultural Interaction and Literary Representations.

(Ebook) Macao The Formation of a Global City 1st Table of contents:

Part I Faith and the formation of Macao Religions and urban development
1 Faith and property Pressures of development and change on the Kwan Tai — Tin Hau temple in Cheok Ka Chun, Taipa, Macao
Prologue
History of the temple
Biography
The clientele of the temple
An origin myth
Conflict, change and an uncertain future
Notes
2 Earth god worship in Macao The transformation of communal earth god worship in an urban setting
The layout of the earth god shrines
Collective worship and communities
Forming ‘She' (‘社') — community worship of the same earth god
‘Paohui' (‘炮會') affiliated to the earth god temple
The earth god worship society affiliated to the secular organization
Concluding remarks
Notes
Part II 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
Introduction
Unveiling untold stories of the Macanese in Macao and elsewhere
‘Indigenous cosmopolitanism' and Darwinism
Criticism and defence of Darwinism
Conclusion
Notes
4 The Holy House of Mercy and its impact on Macao's women
The Holy House of Mercy in Macao
The Mercy's activities in Macao
The Mercy's impact on the fate and role of women in Macao
Orphan girls and widows
‘Meninas' and ‘moças'
Goddaughters (‘afilhadas') and damsels (‘donzelas')
The finances of the Holy Mercy
Conclusion
Notes
Part III 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
The Straits of Malacca and Singapore
From Singapore to Japan
Pattani
China
Japan
Epilogue
Notes
6 Early British presence in China The first Anglo-Portuguese voyage to Macao
The English voyage East
The Convention of Goa (1635) and the opening up of Eastern ports to the English
The arrival of the English in Macao: the first vessel
Notes
7 The Cushing mission to Macao and US imperial expansion in nineteenth-century Asia*
Introduction: the China trade and the genesis of US-Asia relations
Historiographical survey
Launching the mission to Macao
China traders and the formulation of China policy
Cushing's diplomatic endeavours in Macao
Cushing as a critical observer
The Cushing mission and the founding of America's informal empire in Asia
Epilogue: ‘The Great Chinese Museum' and the justification of the Cushing mission
Notes
Part IV Cosmopolitanism The transnational and transitional politics, society and identity of Macao
8 Macao An early modern cosmopolis
Macao as cosmopolis1
Cosmopolitan populations and cross-cultural encounters
Assumed cosmopolitanism: the framework for cosmopolitan practice
Notes
9 Macao's urban identity question, 1557–1999/2009 Spatializing territory
Theoretical framework
Periodization note: 1557, 1887–1987, 1999/2009
The ‘Macao question'
Globalization and urban identity
Urban identity in Macao
The ‘territorialization' project, (1557) 1887–1987 (1999)
The ‘deterritorialization' project, (1987) 1999/2009
Accelerated urbanization, public narratives of loss and spatial homogenization
The ‘reterritorialization' project 2009 and onwards
Conclusion
Notes
10 State, market forces and building national identity in China's Hong Kong and Macao
Introduction
Formation of Hong Kong and Macao identities
Building national identities in postcolonial Hong Kong
Building national identities in postcolonial Macao
Market forces in action
Conclusion
Notes
11 The implications of the Special Administrative Regions for the international system Macao as a successful case study
Introduction
Decolonization vs. retrocession
Colonial disputes
China and retrocession
The ‘one country, two systems' formula
Conclusion

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