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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... labor quotas , but they could never mobilize the productive or affective energies of the dispersed population . Like the in- dustrializing economies of the Northern Hemisphere , Madagascar's adminis- tration sought to solve its labor ...
... labor quotas , but they could never mobilize the productive or affective energies of the dispersed population . Like the in- dustrializing economies of the Northern Hemisphere , Madagascar's adminis- tration sought to solve its labor ...
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... labor ( fanampoana ) —in a form of feudal obligation on village communities - remained the rule for public works . The practice was later continued by French colonial governors despairing of finding voluntary labor even for modest ...
... labor ( fanampoana ) —in a form of feudal obligation on village communities - remained the rule for public works . The practice was later continued by French colonial governors despairing of finding voluntary labor even for modest ...
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... labor , Galliéni revived the monarchy's old practice of forced labor ( the fanampoana , or corvée in French ) . He used fiscal measures as what he called an " educational tool " —for to pay their taxes , Malagasy peasants had to produce ...
... labor , Galliéni revived the monarchy's old practice of forced labor ( the fanampoana , or corvée in French ) . He used fiscal measures as what he called an " educational tool " —for to pay their taxes , Malagasy peasants had to produce ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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