Encountering Macau: A Portuguese City-State on the Periphery of China, 1557-1999

by Geoffrey C. Gunn

Tracing the history of this tiny peninsula perched off the coast of China, Geoffrey Gunn skillfully charts five hundred years of colonial encounter and economic relations with China, Japan, and the Asia region. For 450 years a Portuguese enclave or city-state, Macau--like Hong Kong--will revert to Chinese sovereignty at the end of the century. Macau too stands in the vortex of massive regional economic and social change, serving as a dynamic launch...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813389704
• ISBN13: 9780813389707
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"