Browsing by Subject "Macau (China)"

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De la vertu au vice: l'espace des loisirs à Macao (1910-1930)

Forêt, Philippe (2003-05-16)

Le nom Macao (Aomen en chinois, Ou-mun en cantonais) proviendrait d’une corruption du nom du temple A-ma (Make miao en chinois, Ma-kok miu en cantonais) qui se situe à l’entrée (men, mun) du Port Intérieur. Le temple est ...
Globalizing Macau. The Emotional Costs of Modernity (1910-1930)

Forêt, Philippe (Routledge, 2006)

This chapter deals with the ambiguity that political authorities feel toward culture and history when they are pressed to enlarge and modernize urban infrastructures. I will discuss the strategy followed by the Harbour ...