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

by Gwyn Campbell

Book Overview

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521103916
• ISBN13: 9780521103916
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"