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

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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.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
250
ISBN-13:
9781498576055
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1498576052
Udg. Dato:
15 okt 2018
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
160mm
Højde:
230mm
Forlag:
Lexington Books
Oplagsdato:
15 okt 2018
Forfatter(e):
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