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The article introduces the theme "Cities and Borders" in the specific context of Macau, arguing that the understanding of the border must articulate local and urban dimensions with national and political scales. Departing from the diagnosis that the literature on borders has recurrently privileged S...

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Published in:Review of Culture
Main Author: Werner Breitung
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Published: Instituto Cultural de Macau April 2009
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Online Access:https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40030/3608
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