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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... death in 1878 marked the beginning of the end for Franco - Malagasy cor- diality . The conquest of Madagascar in 1895-1896 evolved out of imperialist de- mands in France and Réunion for Malagasy land , natural resources , and trad- ing ...
... death in 1878 marked the beginning of the end for Franco - Malagasy cor- diality . The conquest of Madagascar in 1895-1896 evolved out of imperialist de- mands in France and Réunion for Malagasy land , natural resources , and trad- ing ...
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... death , starved , or driven into the desert.39 Even officially , 89,000 Malagasy died , about 2 percent of the entire population of 4 million ; over 11,000 of them were killed outright by military action . This toll contrasts with 550 ...
... death , starved , or driven into the desert.39 Even officially , 89,000 Malagasy died , about 2 percent of the entire population of 4 million ; over 11,000 of them were killed outright by military action . This toll contrasts with 550 ...
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... death - or better , by the omnipres- ent dead who paradoxically relieve their successors of the burden of death— Malagasy express true reverence for the life that is so scarce , so brief , so de- pendent on transcendant power . As ...
... death - or better , by the omnipres- ent dead who paradoxically relieve their successors of the burden of death— Malagasy express true reverence for the life that is so scarce , so brief , so de- pendent on transcendant power . As ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
Copyright | |
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administration Africa agricultural AKFM Albert Zafy Althabe ancestral Andriamanjato Antananarivo Antanosy Antsiranana AREMA Betsimisaraka Bloch capital central century Césaire Rabenoro Chaigneau Christian colonial Comoros côtier Country Report cultural debt democratic Didier Ratsiraka domestic domination economic elections elites European export external fanjakana FNDR fokon'olona forces foreign France Francisque Ravony French gasy ideological Indian Ocean institutions investment island Jacques Rabemananjara Jeune Afrique l'océan indien labor leaders Madagas Madagascar Madagascar Paris Madagascar Tribune Mahajanga Mala Malagasy malgache Manandafy Marxist Mauritius MDRM ment Merina military million MONIMA Monja Jaona nationalist party Pavageau peasant percent plateaus political politique population Première république president prime minister production Rabemananjara Ramanantsoa Ranavalona Ratsimandrava Ratsiraka Ravony Razanamasy regime remained Resampa Réunion revolution revolutionary rice rural Sakalava slaves social socialist society structure Third World tion Toamasina trade traditional Tsiranana urban vazaha virtually World Bank Zafy