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The Rise and Fall of an Island Empire
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 burge...
Bonds of Resistance
First published in 2004. This book - previously published as a special issue of the journal Slavery and Abolition - provides pioneering studies on the...
The abolition of slavery in and around the Western Indian Ocean have been little studied. This collection examines the meaning of slavery and its abol...
Explores the history of the 'Madagascar Youths', young people trained by the British, and their impact on Malagasy-British relations....
This book reveals the hitherto hidden history of inter-missionary dispute that split the first LMS mission to Madagascar. Focussing on David Griffiths...
This volume of essays contains case studies of debt bondage covering the impact of an expanding globalized economy, increased commercialization, colon...
Scottish Surgeon, Naturalist and British Agent to the Court of Madagascar
This book explores the life of Robert Lyall, surgeon, botanist, voyager, British Agent to the court of Madagascar. Born the year of the French Revolut...
Slavery, sex, and dehumanization / David Brion Davis -- Sexuality and slavery in the Western Sudan / Martin A. Klein -- Sex and power in the Russian i...