Thomas Anderson

Reassembling the Strange

Naturalists, Missionaries, and the Environment of Nineteenth-Century Madagascar

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how Western naturalists and missionaries understood the environment of Madagascar during the nineteenth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781498576055
• ISBN-10: 1498576052
• Artikelnr.: 53685263

Autorenporträt

Thomas Anderson is assistant professor at Merrimack College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One Introduction Environmental Origins Malagasy Origins Framework
of the Book Chapter Two Seeking 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 Three Interpreting the Strange: Global Scientific Theories The Case
of the Aepyornis Normalizing Fauna From Lemuria to Biogeography Conclusion
Chapter Four The Scientific Community of the LMS Protestant Missionaries as
Naturalists The Antananarivo Annual and the Scientific Community A Global
and Scientific Audience Conclusion Chapter Five Defining 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 Six
Redefining the Environment The Tropical Becomes Familiar Wresting Control
from the Malagasy Reshaping the Environment A Plantation Once More
Conclusion Chapter Seven A French Colonial World Creating a Colony The
Creation of Forest Reserves A New Scientific Madagascar Conclusion