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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... major development schemes promised results cotton in the Mangoky valley , rice in the region around Lake Alaotra . Bemused by the dis- appointment of the settlement schemes , Nigel Heseltine , like others , contends that Madagascar was ...
... major development schemes promised results cotton in the Mangoky valley , rice in the region around Lake Alaotra . Bemused by the dis- appointment of the settlement schemes , Nigel Heseltine , like others , contends that Madagascar was ...
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... major project , the Malagasy government pledged 172 million French francs for infrastructural improvements , hoping to bring tour- ist traffic to 100,000 visitors per year by 1997. A recent government action plan anticipates as many as ...
... major project , the Malagasy government pledged 172 million French francs for infrastructural improvements , hoping to bring tour- ist traffic to 100,000 visitors per year by 1997. A recent government action plan anticipates as many as ...
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... major bunkering port and dry dock at Narinda , and consider other major features of state planning.18 South Africa was portrayed by official An- tananarivo as willing to help without interfering in Malagasy affairs or re- quiring ...
... major bunkering port and dry dock at Narinda , and consider other major features of state planning.18 South Africa was portrayed by official An- tananarivo as willing to help without interfering in Malagasy affairs or re- quiring ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
Copyright | |
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