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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... proved unable to comprehend the depth of anti - European fervor within the resistance or the ability of the Merina oligarchy to mobilize national sentiment behind the deposed queen . Henceforth , the French proposed to substitute the ...
... proved unable to comprehend the depth of anti - European fervor within the resistance or the ability of the Merina oligarchy to mobilize national sentiment behind the deposed queen . Henceforth , the French proposed to substitute the ...
Page 97
... proved that socialism could and should accommodate the evolution of the day without needing to be buttressed by the political theories of the beginning of the century , or even of thirty years ago . Doesn't the very idea of ...
... proved that socialism could and should accommodate the evolution of the day without needing to be buttressed by the political theories of the beginning of the century , or even of thirty years ago . Doesn't the very idea of ...
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... proved stronger than principle , however , and the tribal policy was inade- quate to the task . While regularly ... prove that God spoke English , not French . At home they waxed nostalgic over their monarchs ' loving correspondence with ...
... proved stronger than principle , however , and the tribal policy was inade- quate to the task . While regularly ... prove that God spoke English , not French . At home they waxed nostalgic over their monarchs ' loving correspondence with ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
Copyright | |
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