Reassembling the strange: naturalists, missionaries, and the environment of nineteenth-century Madagascar
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Environmental origins -- Malagasy origins -- Framework of the book -- Chapter 2. 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 -...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham Boulder New York London
Lexington Books
[2018]
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Madagascar
/ Missionary
/ Natural sciences
/ History 1800-1900
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KBN Sub-Saharan Africa RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Nature
Social aspects (Madagascar)
B Naturalists (Madagascar) History 19th century B Missionaries (Madagascar) History 19th century B Natural History (Madagascar) B Madagascar Colonial influence |
| Summary: | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Environmental origins -- Malagasy origins -- Framework of the book -- Chapter 2. 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 3. Interpreting the strange: global scientific theories -- The case of the aepyornis -- Normalizing fauna -- From lemuria to biogeography -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4. The scientific community of the LMS -- Protestant missionaries as naturalists -- The Antananarivo annual and the scientific community -- A global and scientific audience -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5. 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 6. Redefining the environment -- The tropical becomes familiar -- Wresting control from the Malagasy -- Reshaping the environment -- A plantation once more -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7. A French colonial world -- Creating a colony -- The creation of forest reserves -- A new scientific Madagascar -- Conclusion |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1498576052 |