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Sovereignty at the Edge

Macau and the Question of Chineseness

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$49.95 • £39.95 • €45.00

ISBN 9780674035454

Publication Date: 03/31/2010

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420 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

9 halftones, 2 maps

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“Anthropologist Clayton examines how identity manifested itself in Macau in the years leading up to its reversion to China in 1999, as the Portuguese administration attempted to foster a unique Sino-Western character… Clayton’s account is highly anecdotal and personal—the first-person pronoun is used liberally—as well as thoughtful and nuanced.”—R.E. Entenmann, Choice

Awards & Accolades

  • 2010 Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize, Society for East Asian Anthropology
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