Macao: People and Places, Past and Present

Jason Wordie¡¦s mammoth Macao¡XPeoples and Places, Past and Present is a superb book, beautifully illustrated with photographs courtesy of Professor Anthony Headley Colin Day and maps by Wee Kek Koon. A review sums it up succintly ¡§Macao the book does this for Macao the place; each building or site described stimulating its author to ruminate upon the history, culture and above all the people connected with it. Each thread Wordie teases from Macao¡¦s fabric leads to another, as you follow him through the labyrinth of Macao¡¦s meandering streets and back ways.¡¨

Obviously, Chinese and Portuguese history, culture, peoples and architecture are the dominant themes in this book, captured in the sublime photographs in just about every page. Think of this book as a highly enjoyable guided tour, conducted especially for you by a noted historian and a witty, erudite writer. He is, as another reviewer noted, persuasive as well as entertaining.

More than a guidebook, Macao is first and foremost a scholarly work, bookended with an exhaustive bibliography and an alphabetical index and relevant footnotes. Portuguese and Chinese names and words are accompanied with English translations.

PRODUCT DETAILS

ISBN: 9789881269607
BY AUTHOR : Wordie, Jason