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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... person- ally to Monja Jaona . It was a touching encounter , characteristic of Tsiranana's grand style of reconciliation . Monja again accepted the entire blame , thanked the president for his concern , but did not forswear opposition ...
... person- ally to Monja Jaona . It was a touching encounter , characteristic of Tsiranana's grand style of reconciliation . Monja again accepted the entire blame , thanked the president for his concern , but did not forswear opposition ...
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... person must prepare for " Malagasy time " ( eter- nity ) , into which the dead are integrated.26 The clan ( or " deme , " as Bloch pre- fers ) is dominated by particular elders in a clear hierarchy of rank and privi- lege . Once dead ...
... person must prepare for " Malagasy time " ( eter- nity ) , into which the dead are integrated.26 The clan ( or " deme , " as Bloch pre- fers ) is dominated by particular elders in a clear hierarchy of rank and privi- lege . Once dead ...
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... person . The revolution- ary regime's disastrous policies , as Frederic Pryor itemizes them , were " the relative decline of investment in agriculture , the turning of the internal terms of trade against agriculture , the overvalued ...
... person . The revolution- ary regime's disastrous policies , as Frederic Pryor itemizes them , were " the relative decline of investment in agriculture , the turning of the internal terms of trade against agriculture , the overvalued ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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