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Pina-Cabral, Joao de was born on May 9, 1954 in V.N.Gaia, Portugal. Son of Daniel and Ana A. De Pina-Cabral.
( Analyses how Macao's historical marginality has come to...)
Analyses how Macao's historical marginality has come to define the limits of the systems that characterise the Chinese world.
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(From the mid-1500s to December 1999, Macao was the longes...)
From the mid-1500s to December 1999, Macao was the longest-standing site of economic, religious and political contact between the Chinese and European worlds. Yet this surprising capacity for survival has resulted, ironically, form the very weakness of the Portuguese presence. In particular, since the foundation of Hong Kong (in 1840), Macao had depended on a creative use of its marginality - as a centre for gambling, for the coolie trade, the opium trade, the semi-clandestine gold trade and so on. As a rear window on China, Macao provides us with fascinating examples of marginality that allow us to study the limits of the systems that characterize the Chinese world.
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researcher social sciences educator
Pina-Cabral, Joao de was born on May 9, 1954 in V.N.Gaia, Portugal. Son of Daniel and Ana A. De Pina-Cabral.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Oxford, England, 1982. Habilitation, University Lisbon, Portugal, 2003.
Lecturer ISCTE, Lisbon, Portugal, 1982—1996. Researcher Institute Social Science, Portugal, 1986—2004, research coordinator Portugal, since 2004.
(From the mid-1500s to December 1999, Macao was the longes...)
( Analyses how Macao's historical marginality has come to...)
Member of European Association Social Anthropologists (secretary 1995-1997, president 2003-2005).
Married Monica Chan.