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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... kind of sea - secured museum . Despite this separate evolution , new species also crossed to the island on winds and tides , at least until the end of the Eocene ( 40 million years ago ) . Humans arriving there over the past fifteen ...
... kind of sea - secured museum . Despite this separate evolution , new species also crossed to the island on winds and tides , at least until the end of the Eocene ( 40 million years ago ) . Humans arriving there over the past fifteen ...
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... kind of problems that are experienced by developing nations the world over , especially when faced with the influence and even threats from the great powers . ... Through contacts with Europeans and as a result of her free and ...
... kind of problems that are experienced by developing nations the world over , especially when faced with the influence and even threats from the great powers . ... Through contacts with Europeans and as a result of her free and ...
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... kind of flight forward which causes despair among some and serves as rationalization or pretext for others . But what government con- fronted by so difficult a problem could do ( much ) better ? 75 Even today , as ministries cope with ...
... kind of flight forward which causes despair among some and serves as rationalization or pretext for others . But what government con- fronted by so difficult a problem could do ( much ) better ? 75 Even today , as ministries cope with ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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