History and Memory in the Age of Enslavement

Becoming Merina in Highland Madagascar, 1770-1822

AvPier M Larson

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

Brings Madagascar into the history of the African slave trade.This text explores how incorporation into global mercantile networks compelled people of highland Madagascar to reshape their social identity and their cultural practices.North America: Heinemann

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-01-01
Mått:142 x 227 x 25 mm
Vikt:684 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Social History of Africa
Antal sidor:448
Förlag:James Currey
ISBN:9780852556399

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Recensioner i media

This is an important book. It should be required reading for anyone interested in what happened to African societies which were engaged in the slave trade. It goes without saying that it will also be read with interest by specialists in Madagascar, known in the trade as malgachisants.

Innehållsförteckning

Enslavement and culture. Part 1 Enslavement: the Mascarene-bound slave trade; moralities of enslavement; strategies in a slaving economy. Part 2 Culture: popular culture politics 1790-1809; traditions and historical memory, 1809-1822; enslavement, social memory, and identity transformation in the African diaspora.