New Perspectives on Asian Studies

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Excerpts from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, copyright © 1972 by Giulio Einaudi editore
s.p.a., English translation copyright © 1974 by Harcourt Brace & Company and by Secker & Warburg
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Porter, Jonathan.

Macau, the imaginary city: culture and society, 1557 to the
present / Jonathan Porter.

p. cm. -- (New perspectives in Asian studies; 195.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8133-2836-5

1. Macau. 2. Macau--Civilization. I. Title. II. Series.

DS796.M2P67 1996

951.26--dc20 96-7544

CIP

The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard
for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984.

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