Modernising Macao: Public Works and Urban Planning in the Imperial Network (1856–1919)

This thesis focuses on a period which saw the beginning of the planned transformation and expansion of the Macao urban landscape, from the 1850s to the early twentieth century. More specifically, it analyses public works and other government-sponsored urban interventions under the influence of the P...

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Published in:Review of Culture
Main Author: Regina Campinho
Format: Articles
Published: Instituto Cultural de Macau 2022
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Online Access:https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40069/4126
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Summary:This thesis focuses on a period which saw the beginning of the planned transformation and expansion of the Macao urban landscape, from the 1850s to the early twentieth century. More specifically, it analyses public works and other government-sponsored urban interventions under the influence of the Portuguese overseas administration, with the purpose of filling a gap in the current knowledge of the history of this former Portuguese province’s transition into a modern urban landscape.
ISSN:1682-1106