Perspectives on French colonial Madagascar / Eric T. Jennings.

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Perspectives on French colonial Madagascar / Eric T. Jennings.

9781137559678 (electronic book)
1137559675 (electronic book)
1137596902
9781137596901

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

©2017

English

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10.1057/978-1-137-55967-8 doi

DT469.M34

969.103

This book is a vivid history of Madagascar from the pre-colonial era to decolonization, examining a set of French colonial projects and perceptions that revolve around issues of power, vulnerability, health, conflict, control and identity. It focuses on three lines of inquiry: the relationship between domination and health fears, the island’s role during the two world wars, and the mystery of Malagasy origins. The Madagascar that emerges is plural and fractured. It is the site of colonial dystopias, grand schemes gone awry, and diverse indigenous reactions. Bringing together deep archival research and recent scholarship, Jennings sheds light on the colonial project in Madagascar, and more broadly, on the ideas which underpin colonialism.

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Palgrave series in Indian Ocean world studies.

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