A History of Madagascar
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First Edition
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Damien Tunnacliffe (1995).
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Softcover Book
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Contents
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- Foreword
- Author's introduction
- Malagasy pronunciation and place names
- Acknowledgements
- List of maps and plates
- Part 1. The island and the people
- A world apart
- The first Malagasy
- The occupation of the island
- Part 2. Early European contacts
- The arrival of the Europeans
- The dream of Madagascar
- The shipwrecked sailor
- The pirates of Madagascar
- The sons of the pirates
- The rise of the Merina
- Part 3. Towards a new civilisation
- The King, the Governor and the Sergeant
- The missionaries
- The Queen and the martyrs
- The tragedy of the Prince and the playboys
- Part 4. The kingdom in danger
- The Prime Minister and the Christian monarchy
- War and diplomacy
- The French conquest
- Part 5. Madagascar in the modern world
- Colonial rule and nationalism
- The road to independence
- Independence and neo-colonialism
- The fall of the First Republic
- Revolutionary socialism
- Return to democracy
- Sources
- Notes
- Index
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Notes
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- The ISBN is printed on the copyright page as "0950 62845 X", on the back cover as "09506284 5 X", and above the barcode as "095062845-X", all three of which are incorrectly formatted. The ISBN for this book is properly formatted thus: "0 9506284 5 X".
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Acknowledgement
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This item was kindly donated to the Madagascar Library collection by David Purbrick.
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