Overview
- Presents the first analysis of what has made Madagascar unique in Western imaginations
- Explores in-depth the history of Madagascar from both colonial and global angles
- Engages deeply with recent scholarship in the fields of new imperial history and the history of medicine, as well as French language archival material
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies (IOWS)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Health, Power and Vulnerability
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The Great Island in Global Conflict, 1914–1945
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The Mystery of Malagasy Origins
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Malagasy people
- Madagascar people
- Madagascar history
- French conquest of Madagascar
- history of rabies in Africa
- Colonial Madagascar
- History of French colonialism in Africa
- History of tropical medicine
- colonial war memorials
- history of colonial medicine
- Pasteur Institute history
- history of colonial Madagascar
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Reviews
“The most interesting aspect of the book is the way it shows how individuals can turn out to play decisive parts in both the making of colonial politics and its application. … Jennings’s book is well-researched and an enjoyable read. It will inarguably prove valuable to scholars and students of colonialism and French history.” (Violaine Tisseau, The American Historical Review, Vol. 124 (2), April, 2019)
“Jennings’s well-written study discusses the colony’s devastating sanitary crisis on the islands of Nosy Be, Nosy Komba, and Sainte-Marie (caused by malarialand typhoid fevers, dysentery, smallpox … . this book would be interesting to historians, anthropologists, and French teachers, and could be used as a reader in courses discussing France’s colonial history,which all too often focus solely on Algeria.” (Christa Jones, French Review, Vol. 92 (3), March, 2019) “This is a smashing book, full of excitement as well as sophisticated scholarship. From descriptions of malarial and rabies infection to the dictatorial pettiness of local administration, Eric Jennings picks apart otherwise familiar patterns of colonialism, which, in the case of Madagascar, have not been so thoughtfully described before. As the book makes plain, Madagascar’s colonial experience has all too often been framed in terms of exceptionalism, not least by its imperial conquerors themselves. Whether revisiting its supposed pathological dangers or the myths surrounding its peoples’ origins, Jennings does us—and colonial history—a real service.” (Martin Thomas, Professor, University of Exeter, UK)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perspectives on French Colonial Madagascar
Authors: Eric T. Jennings
Series Title: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55967-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59690-1Published: 08 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95563-3Published: 11 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-55967-8Published: 08 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2730-9703
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9711
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 258
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of France, African History, Cultural History, Modern History, Imperialism and Colonialism