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An Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750-1895

An Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750-1895

Hardcover

Series: African Studies, Book 106

EconomicsAfrican History

ISBN10: 0521839351
ISBN13: 9780521839358
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 14 2005
Pages: 434
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This comprehensive economic history of pre-colonial Madagascar examines the island's role in the burgeoning international economy and the rise of modern European imperialism. It reveals that the Merina of the Central Highlands attempted to found an island empire and, through the exploitation of its human and natural resources, develop the economic and military might to challenge British and French pretensions in the region. Ultimately, their failure (due to imperial forced labor policies and natural disasters) caused the nefarious consequences, attributed to external capitalist and French colonial policies.

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