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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... appear to have overwhelmed the techno- logically less advanced Vazimba . Migrating to the high plateau far from their shores of arrival , they acquired the Borneo - based Maanjan language over a long period of contact with those Afro ...
... appear to have overwhelmed the techno- logically less advanced Vazimba . Migrating to the high plateau far from their shores of arrival , they acquired the Borneo - based Maanjan language over a long period of contact with those Afro ...
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... appear to be London or Paris - for they applauded the short - lived Radama II for just this intention - but how strong was the title of any state to its integrity pro- vided it was in control of its territory and willing to engage in ...
... appear to be London or Paris - for they applauded the short - lived Radama II for just this intention - but how strong was the title of any state to its integrity pro- vided it was in control of its territory and willing to engage in ...
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... appears to preclude the evolu- tion of “ rational federalism , " to use Davidson's term , which might have de- fined an authentic Malagasy political culture within the new constitutional mandate . Thus the island's political momentum ...
... appears to preclude the evolu- tion of “ rational federalism , " to use Davidson's term , which might have de- fined an authentic Malagasy political culture within the new constitutional mandate . Thus the island's political momentum ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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