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Reassembling the Strange: Naturalists, Missionaries, and the Environment of Nineteenth-Century Madagascar

Reassembling the Strange: Naturalists, Missionaries, and the Environment of Nineteenth-Century Madagascar


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This book examines how Westerners understood and processed Madagascar and its environment during the nineteenth century. Madagascar’s unique ecosystem crafted its reputation as a strange place full of unusual species. Westerners, however, often minimized Madagascar’s peculiar features to stress the commonality of its fauna and flora with the world. The attempt to understand the island through science led to a domestication of its environment that created the image of a tame and known world capable of being controlled and used by Western powers. At the heart of the exploration of Madagascar and its transformation in Western eyes from a strange world to a cash crop colony were missionaries and naturalists who relied upon global experiences to master the island by normalizing the peculiar qualities of Madagascar’s environment. This book reveals how the environment played a dominant role in understanding the island and its people, and how current environmental debates have evolved from earlier policies and discussions about the environment.

Table of Contents:

Chapter OneIntroduction
Environmental Origins
Malagasy Origins
Framework of the Book
Chapter TwoSeeking the Strange
The Tropical Eden and a Scientific Turn
Exploration and the Malagasy
The Man-Eating Tree and Scientific Discovery
Finding the Strange
Legitimizing Folklore
Conclusion
Chapter ThreeInterpreting the Strange: Global Scientific Theories
The Case of the Aepyornis
Normalizing Fauna
From Lemuria to Biogeography
Conclusion
Chapter FourThe Scientific Community of the LMS
Protestant Missionaries as Naturalists
The Antananarivo Annual and the Scientific Community
A Global and Scientific Audience
Conclusion
Chapter FiveDefining the Malagasy: Language and Race on Madagascar
Language as a Civilizing Tool
Differentiating the Malagasy
Missionary Experiences
Spreading the Racial Word
The Slave Trade and the Merina Kingdom
Conclusion
Chapter SixRedefining the Environment
The Tropical Becomes Familiar
Wresting Control from the Malagasy
Reshaping the Environment
A Plantation Once More
Conclusion
Chapter SevenA French Colonial World
Creating a Colony
The Creation of Forest Reserves
A New Scientific Madagascar
Conclusion



About the Author :
Thomas Anderson is assistant professor at Merrimack College.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781498576055
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books
  • Height: 230 mm
  • No of Pages: 250
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Weight: 557 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1498576052
  • Publisher Date: 15 Oct 2018
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Naturalists, Missionaries, and the Environment of Nineteenth-Century Madagascar
  • Width: 160 mm


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