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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... perhaps the oldest rocks on the face of the earth . ” 5 Ravaged by fire , overgrazing , and erosion , the mountains are often entirely devoid of vegetation . What forest remains after a millennium of such abuse amounts perhaps to ...
... perhaps the oldest rocks on the face of the earth . ” 5 Ravaged by fire , overgrazing , and erosion , the mountains are often entirely devoid of vegetation . What forest remains after a millennium of such abuse amounts perhaps to ...
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... perhaps more directly ( viz . , from India to the east coast of the island ) between the eighth and twelfth cen- turies or even later . Bringing the characteristic social organization of the fukun ( clan , or deme ) , the second ...
... perhaps more directly ( viz . , from India to the east coast of the island ) between the eighth and twelfth cen- turies or even later . Bringing the characteristic social organization of the fukun ( clan , or deme ) , the second ...
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... Perhaps even the kung fu cult prevailing among street youths in Antananarivo since the 1970s fulfills comparable needs in the urban version of community . Malagasy tradition has been analyzed from Richard Andriamanjato's Christian ...
... Perhaps even the kung fu cult prevailing among street youths in Antananarivo since the 1970s fulfills comparable needs in the urban version of community . Malagasy tradition has been analyzed from Richard Andriamanjato's Christian ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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