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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... Traditional houses 66 Modern quarter near Lake Anosy 66 Zoma market 88 Fruits and vegetables at Zoma market 89 Plateau landscape , with bags of charcoal at roadside 124 Traditional tombs and grave markers 132 Traditional houses 139 ...
... Traditional houses 66 Modern quarter near Lake Anosy 66 Zoma market 88 Fruits and vegetables at Zoma market 89 Plateau landscape , with bags of charcoal at roadside 124 Traditional tombs and grave markers 132 Traditional houses 139 ...
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... traditional values , and education . But it has not opened ave- nues to authority in political and institutional affairs . True to type , the Ratsiraka revolution celebrated the advent of female rights to political and so- cial equality ...
... traditional values , and education . But it has not opened ave- nues to authority in political and institutional affairs . True to type , the Ratsiraka revolution celebrated the advent of female rights to political and so- cial equality ...
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... traditional markets ; the Indonesian cigarette industry , for example , now has access to increased domestic supplies of the spice . This traditional mainstay now accounts for less than 10 percent of Malagasy exports . Madagascar ...
... traditional markets ; the Indonesian cigarette industry , for example , now has access to increased domestic supplies of the spice . This traditional mainstay now accounts for less than 10 percent of Malagasy exports . Madagascar ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
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