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The Macanese Chronicles: A History of Luso-Asians in a Global Economy Kindle Edition

by Roy Eric Xavier (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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This is a book for anyone interested in cultural renewal and ethnic diversity. It is a historical account of Luso (Portuguese) Asians and their role in establishing and maintaining the first global economy connecting Europe and Asia. Part 1 describes their early settlements across the Portuguese Overseas Empire, beginning with Goa in 1511, through migrations to Malacca, Indonesia, Siam, Macau, Hong Kong, and Shanghai up to the end of the Opium Wars in 1860. Part 2 focuses on the largest group of Luso-Asians from Macau, the "Macanese", who settled from 1842 in Hong Kong to work for the British colonial government, merchant houses, and international banks. Several stories of individuals, who were community activists, clerks, business owners, working class proprietors, and wartime refugees, are offered to illustrate the deterioration of relations with the government as World War II approached. Those who survived experienced a renewal of cultural identity and a legacy for future generations. The conclusion then highlights recent efforts of expatriates to use technology to develop cultural and commercial exchanges with modern China, an attempt to recapture the traditional role of the Macanese as intermediaries and ambassadors of change.
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READER COMMENTS - "I read (The Macanese Community of Hong Kong) with detailed interest. ...For years I had hoped someone as you would come to the fore to write on this topic, and you have now realized my expectation." - Armando M. da Silva, Emeritus Professor, Towson University, Baltimore; "I have read (The Macanese at War) with great interest ... The strong theme that comes through here is the "agency" of the Macanese under adversity." - Geoffrey C. Gunn, Emeritus Professor, Nagasaki University; "Your article (on The Origins of Macau's culture) is just wonderful. I have read your work several times. Please, continue. We need people like you." - Lucio de Sousa, Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies; "I found your meticulously researched article (on the Hongkong Printing Press) very inspiring." - Calvin Wong, Department of Chinese and History, City University of Hong Kong; "The work you are doing is extremely important. Keep going with it." - Marisa C Gaspar, Research Fellow, Universidade de Lisboa (ISCSP); "You've certainly compiled a most important and valuable resource, one which I've used for my PhD and which I used for other projects a few years ago too." - Amelia Allsop, Senior Researcher, Kadoorie Heritage Project, Hong Kong

About the Author

Dr. Roy Eric Xavier is the Director of the Portuguese and Macanese Studies Project, and a Visiting Scholar at U.C. Berkeley's "Institute for the Study of Societal Issues". His research focuses on the history of Luso-Asian and Macanese communities around the world, and cultural and economic diversity in modern day Macau and Hong Kong, Special Administrative Regions of China.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08BNDLZ46
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Far East Currents Publishing (August 15, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 15, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 7574 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 239 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

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Dr. Roy Eric Xavier is the Director of the Portuguese and Macanese Studies Project, and a Visiting Scholar at U.C. Berkeley’s “Institute for the Study of Societal Issues”. His research is on the history of Luso-Asian and Macanese communities, and cultural and economic diversity in Macau and Hong Kong, Special Administrative Regions of China. His articles have appeared in English, Portuguese, and Mandarin in the Macau Government’s “Review of Culture”, the Macau newspapers “Jornal Tribuna de Macau”, Ponto Final, and the "Macau Post Daily", the University of Hong Kong’s “Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society”, and in Geoffrey Gunn’s anthology: “Wartime Macau” published through Columbia University. Dr. Xavier was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Macau (Hengqin campus) in 2015. He often previews ideas on his blog, Far East Currents (www.MacStudies.net), then publishes papers on Academia.edu. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and U.C. Santa Cruz.

In a former life, Dr. Xavier founded and managed KCRT Television and Media, a cable television station and internet streaming service, for 14 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also was the Associate Dean of Film and Television at Loyola-Marymount University in Los Angeles for 3 years.

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Macfat
5.0 out of 5 stars Portuguese Macao
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2020
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Write up of Portuguese who settled in Macau and the background of my Macanese ancestors who went to Hong Kong. Highly recommended to learn where the Macanese families came from, and how some settled in Hong Kong and later migrated overseas. Have not started reading the book which just arrived today.

Now that I have read the book Macao Chronicles, I must congratulate the efforts of Roy the author in his efforts to keep alive the contributions of this diversified community who has settled in the US and elsewhere in the world. I can also confirm December 8 1941 bombing of Hong Kong by Japan, while I was attending Mass at St. Theresa Church Kowloon, when I was ten years old.
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Janet
4.0 out of 5 stars Documentation of Macanese history is long overdue
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2020
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Very well researched and documented. The history of the Macanese people is not very known and I'm glad to see that the author was able to bring to life what was once a vibrant community that is now dispersed around the world and through intermarriage with other races will soon no longer exist.
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