A History of Madagascar - Softcover

Brown, Mervyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1558762922 ISBN 13: 9781558762923

Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world. It is a unique blend of Asian and African culture and is well known as the home of some of the world's most unusual and most endangered flora and fauna, from lemurs to giant tortoises. Although so close to the east coast of Africa, where traces of human existence go back hundreds of thousands of years, Madagascar was uninhabited until about two thousand years ago. How it came to be inhabited by seafaring peoples from present-day Indonesia is just one of the many fascinating aspects of this book. A History of Madagascar examines the origins of the Malagasy, the early contacts with Europeans and the struggle for influence in the nineteenth century between the British and the French. It also covers the colonial period from 1896 to 1960, the recovery of independence and subsequent history up to the early 1990s.

About this title

About the Author:

Mervyn Brown, former British ambassador to Madagascar, is chairman of the Anglo-Malagasy Society.

Review:

"A highly readable, entertaining introduction to the history, politics and people of Madagascar." -- -West Africa

About this edition

• Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1558762922
• ISBN 13: 9781558762923
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 434