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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Page 54
... considered in the least the importance of a diagnosis of the so- cial fabric . It was content in fact to transpose the colonial system of cooperatives with some adaptations but without reflecting on the failure of that system which had ...
... considered in the least the importance of a diagnosis of the so- cial fabric . It was content in fact to transpose the colonial system of cooperatives with some adaptations but without reflecting on the failure of that system which had ...
Page 107
... considered the prejudice restricted largely to Antananarivo , where his government , like Tsiranana's , was beleaguered by ungrateful and ambitious Merina . The rural areas under AREMA control had indeed remained relatively stable ...
... considered the prejudice restricted largely to Antananarivo , where his government , like Tsiranana's , was beleaguered by ungrateful and ambitious Merina . The rural areas under AREMA control had indeed remained relatively stable ...
Page 128
... considered an abrasive pres- ence . Madagascar's first president , Philibert Tsiranana , was a Tsimihety . At the northern peninsula of the island dwell the Antankarana , the " rock people " of Antsiranana Province . The ruins of their ...
... considered an abrasive pres- ence . Madagascar's first president , Philibert Tsiranana , was a Tsimihety . At the northern peninsula of the island dwell the Antankarana , the " rock people " of Antsiranana Province . The ruins of their ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
Copyright | |
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