Madagascar: Conflicts Of Authority In The Great IslandThe world's fourth largest island, with a unique biological and physical endowment, Madagascar is home to an extraordinary insular civilization that has struggled for more than a century against external domination. In this sensitive introduction to the Indian Ocean's "great island," Philip Allen shows how family affinities and community loyalties at the foundation of Madagascar's culture have influenced Malagasy nationalism and forged island-wide traditions. |
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... agriculture , and fundamental education for " the indigenous . " True , the intended beneficiaries of progress were ... agricultural production schemes and inspirational grassroots extension cam- paigns . Relying on direct investment ...
... agriculture , and fundamental education for " the indigenous . " True , the intended beneficiaries of progress were ... agricultural production schemes and inspirational grassroots extension cam- paigns . Relying on direct investment ...
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... agricultural production , the central - planning mystique actually considered industry to be the motor of development . As- sessing the errors of the first republic , the new planners concluded that a modernized agriculture would not ...
... agricultural production , the central - planning mystique actually considered industry to be the motor of development . As- sessing the errors of the first republic , the new planners concluded that a modernized agriculture would not ...
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... agriculture , the turning of the internal terms of trade against agriculture , the overvalued exchange rate with a resulting shortage of agricultural inputs and consumer goods for the farmers , and the disintegration of both markets and ...
... agriculture , the turning of the internal terms of trade against agriculture , the overvalued exchange rate with a resulting shortage of agricultural inputs and consumer goods for the farmers , and the disintegration of both markets and ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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