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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... keep his sprawling party intact by carefully listening to disparate voices , as- tutely sizing up strengths and defects in his collaborators , steering problems away from ideological analysis , and insisting on the main 52 POLITICS.
... keep his sprawling party intact by carefully listening to disparate voices , as- tutely sizing up strengths and defects in his collaborators , steering problems away from ideological analysis , and insisting on the main 52 POLITICS.
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... voice was recorded giving the order to fire , was severely compromised by the massacre . Even Prime Minister Razanamasy denounced his own president's vio- lent recourse against the people of Antananarivo . The incident embarrassed the ...
... voice was recorded giving the order to fire , was severely compromised by the massacre . Even Prime Minister Razanamasy denounced his own president's vio- lent recourse against the people of Antananarivo . The incident embarrassed the ...
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... voices were heard from underground ; and some took to providing what they regarded as sheer entertainment , as in the daily Midi - Madagasikara , with Antananarivo's largest circulation ( 28,000 ) . Radio singers were able to com- plain ...
... voices were heard from underground ; and some took to providing what they regarded as sheer entertainment , as in the daily Midi - Madagasikara , with Antananarivo's largest circulation ( 28,000 ) . Radio singers were able to com- plain ...
Contents
From Paternalism to Revolution | 31 |
Revolution as Myth | 79 |
Society in Modern Madagascar | 121 |
Copyright | |
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