An Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750-1895: The Rise and Fall of an Island Empire

by Gwyn Campbell

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The first comprehensive economic history of pre-colonial Madagascar, this study examines the island's role from 1750 to 1895 in the context of a burgeoning international economy and the rise of modern European imperialism. Challenging conventional portrayals of nineteenth-century Madagascar as a unified and progressive kingdom, this study reveals that the Merina of the central highlands attempted to found an island empire and through the exploitation...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521839351

ISBN13:9780521839358

Release Date:March 2005

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:434 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Africa Business Business & Finance Business & Investing Economic History Economics History Madagascar Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Popular Economics

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