Macao Streets
Contributors: Leong Ka Tai (Photographer)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 11, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780195877663
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Local history; Place names & gazetteers; Social history; TRAVEL & HOLIDAY; China - History; Urban Design; Art & Art Instruction; Art; China; Macao; Asian; Art / History / Asian; Asia - China; Public Policy - Regional Planning; History; Macau (Special Administrative; Macau (Special Administrative Region); Street names; Streets
Description: "Cesar Guillen Nunez takes the reader on a leisurely stroll through the five parishes of peninsular Macao, accompanied by photographer Leong Ka Tai." "The author explores the vagaries of Macao's historic development over the past four centuries. The existence of two trading, but separate, peoples is reflected in the Chinese and Portuguese names of the city's streets. The names are not always direct translations of each other, but rather complement each other, bringing of life the merchants and public leaders, deities and saints, war heroes and literary figures, of both Portuguese and Chinese lore."--Jacket.