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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... population and a corresponding expansion of rice fields . Tavy technology spread throughout Madagascar . It has aggravated the deforestation that so sternly marks the central plateau and threatens to devastate the east and west despite ...
... population and a corresponding expansion of rice fields . Tavy technology spread throughout Madagascar . It has aggravated the deforestation that so sternly marks the central plateau and threatens to devastate the east and west despite ...
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... Population Demographic projections diverge somewhat from the base point ( of 7.6 million ) established in the 1975 census ; it is likely that the overall population surpassed 12 million in 1992 ( see Table 5.2 ) . The Malagasy nation ...
... Population Demographic projections diverge somewhat from the base point ( of 7.6 million ) established in the 1975 census ; it is likely that the overall population surpassed 12 million in 1992 ( see Table 5.2 ) . The Malagasy nation ...
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... population began increasing at a rate of 3 percent , the need for family survival inspired autarchic action that prejudiced national viability . Even in the upward - turning productivity of 1989 and 1990 , growth outside agriculture ...
... population began increasing at a rate of 3 percent , the need for family survival inspired autarchic action that prejudiced national viability . Even in the upward - turning productivity of 1989 and 1990 , growth outside agriculture ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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administration Africa agricultural AKFM Albert Zafy Althabe ancestral Andriamanjato Antananarivo Antanosy Antsiranana AREMA Betsimisaraka Bloch capital central century Césaire Rabenoro Chaigneau Christian colonial Comoros côtier Country Report cultural debt democratic Didier Ratsiraka domestic domination economic elections elites European export external fanjakana FNDR fokon'olona forces foreign France Francisque Ravony French gasy ideological Indian Ocean institutions investment island Jacques Rabemananjara Jeune Afrique l'océan indien labor leaders Madagas Madagascar Madagascar Paris Madagascar Tribune Mahajanga Mala Malagasy malgache Manandafy Marxist Mauritius MDRM ment Merina military million MONIMA Monja Jaona nationalist party Pavageau peasant percent plateaus political politique population Première république president prime minister production Rabemananjara Ramanantsoa Ranavalona Ratsimandrava Ratsiraka Ravony Razanamasy regime remained Resampa Réunion revolution revolutionary rice rural Sakalava slaves social socialist society structure Third World tion Toamasina trade traditional Tsiranana urban vazaha virtually World Bank Zafy