Perspectives on French Colonial Madagascar (eBook)
XII, 258 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-137-55967-8 (ISBN)
Eric T. Jennings is Distinguished Professor of the History of France and the Francophonie at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of several books on French colonial history, and has received a John Simon Guggenheim fellowship as well as grants from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
This book provides new insight into French colonial Madagascar. The work is structured along three main lines: health and domination, the two world wars, and the mystery of Malagasy origins. The three parts are preceded by short introductions. The book showcases some of Madagascar's defining yet often neglected features within the French colonial realm. Its conquest at the end of the nineteenth century's scramble for Africa was notable for the way it shattered the island's reputation for healthfulness. Its colonization coincided with a growing French need for troops in the buildup to military conflict in Europe. Lastly, the origin of the island's people continued to both baffle and fascinate French colonial experts, be they ethnographers, linguists or historians, from the beginning to the end of the colonial period (1896-1960). Together, then, this book probes the relationship between domination and health fears, the island's role during the two world wars, and its enduring fascination as a site that could never be neatly categorized as either African or Asian. The net result will be to underscore both the scope of the colonial project in Madagascar, and the obstacles and limits that it encountered.
Eric T. Jennings is Distinguished Professor of the History of France and the Francophonie at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of several books on French colonial history, and has received a John Simon Guggenheim fellowship as well as grants from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
1. IntroductionI. Health, Power and Vulnerability2. Disease and Conquest3. Rabies and ResistanceII. The Great Island in Global Conflict, 1914-19454. The Black Angel of Antananarivo5. Tyranny in the Wartime Central HighlandsIII. The Mystery of Malagasy Origins6. Writing Madagascar Back into the Madagascar Plan7. Recasting Madagascar: Village Structures, Racial Anthropology, and the Meanings of Cliff Markings
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.9.2017 |
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Reihe/Serie | Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies |
Zusatzinfo | XII, 258 p. 21 illus., 8 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Schlagworte | Colonial Madagascar • colonial war memorials • French conquest of Madagascar • history of colonial Madagascar • history of colonial medicine • History of French colonialism in Africa • history of rabies in Africa • History of tropical medicine • Madagascar history • Madagascar people • Malagasy people • Pasteur Institute history |
ISBN-10 | 1-137-55967-5 / 1137559675 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-55967-8 / 9781137559678 |
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