Made in Madagascar: Sapphires, Ecotourism, and the Global Bazaar

by Andrew Walsh

Book Overview

Since the 1990s, the Ankarana region of northern Madagascar has developed a reputation among globe-trotting gemstone traders and tourists as a source of some of the world's most precious natural wonders. Although some might see Ankarana's sapphire and ecotourist trades as being at odds with each other, many local people understand these trades to be fundamentally connected, most obviously in how both serve foreign demand for what Madagascar has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442603747
• ISBN13: 9781442603745
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"