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Thomas Anderson

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… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-4985-7606-2
  • EAN: 9781498576062
  • Produktnummer: 28843708
  • Verlag: Lexington Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 250 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 4'620 KB

Über den Autor


Thomas Anderson is assistant professor at Merrimack College.

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