Full Description
The Malagasy possess a profound religious, socio-political and economic attachment to land which connects individuals and kinship groups with the ancestors. International stakeholders value Madagascar for its biodiversity, minerals and agricultural potential, while the Malagasy state views land as the necessary platform for its economic development. This collection presents original research by established and rising scholars across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including Human Genetics, Anthropology and History. Authors focus on land as the pivotal factor underlying the economic, social and religious structures of Malagasy society and its relationship with outsiders, aiming to provide new insights into the issues underlying Madagascar's ongoing economic and political malaise.
Contents
CONTENTS
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List of Contributors
Introduction: Land Competition and Human-Environment Relations in Madagascar
Sandra J.T.M. Evers, Gwyn Campbell and Michael Lambek
The Genetic Trail to Madagascar
Himla Soodyall, Bharti Morar and Trefor Jenkins
Don't we all Want a World Filled with "Bright Faces" and "Fat-Cheeked Babies"?
Creating the State and Crafting Ideology in Eighteenth Century Imerina
Victor Raharijaona and Susan Kus
Forest Depletion in Imperial Madagascar, c.1790-1861 � 63
Gwyn Campbell
Solving Madagascar: Science, Illustrations, and the Normalizing of Fauna of Nineteenth Century Madagascar
Tom Anderson
Lex Loci meets Lex Fori: Merging Customary Law and National Land Legislation in Madagascar
Sandra J.T.M. Evers
Land Rights and Alien Plants in Dryland Madagascar
Karen Middleton
Parenting through Boom and Bust in a Northern Malagasy Mining Town
Andrew Walsh
Discourse, Development and Legitimacy: Nature/Culture Dualism of Mining Engagements in
Biodiversity Offsetting and Conservation in Madagascar
Caroline Seagle
How the Daewoo Attempted Land Acquisition Contributed to Madagascar' Political Crisis in 2009
Venusia Vinciguerra
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