澳門歷史文化領域中的非中文著作概況

Research and writing about Macau has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past one hundred years. From just a few people writing about the enclave in the early twentieth century, to so many studies being done every year that it is impossible to keep up with them all. Obviously, the historiography has undergone a dramatic change as well, from simplistic ideas about how the city was being managed as a Portuguese colony to more complex and nuanced explanations of a territory being simultaneously under the control of two governments, Portuguese and Chinese. The expanding use of sources written in multiple languages, including Portuguese, Chinese, and English, and the greater availability that researchers now have to primary sources –both in Macau and online – has given rise to a huge expansion in research in recent decades. In this article, we review some of the prominent Portuguese and English language publications about Macau and follow their historiographical development over time.