Reassembling the strange : naturalists, missionaries, and the environment of nineteenth-century Madagascar /: naturalists, missionaries, and the environment of nineteenth-century Madagascar. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas Anderson.
• Authors: Anderson, Thomas J, 1978-
• Contents: <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter OneIntroduction <p style="line-height:2;">Environmental Origins <p style="tab-stops:left 36pt left 72pt left 108pt left 144pt left 180pt left 216pt left 274.2pt;line-height:2;">Malagasy Origins <p style="line-height:2;">Framework of the Book <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter TwoSeeking the Strange <p style="line-height:2;">The Tropical Eden and a Scientific Turn <p style="line-height:2;">Exploration and the Malagasy <p style="line-height:2;">The Man-Eating Tree and Scientific Discovery <p style="line-height:2;">Finding the Strange <p style="line-height:2;">Legitimizing Folklore <p style="line-height:2;">Conclusion <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter ThreeInterpreting the Strange: Global Scientific Theories <p style="line-height:2;">The Case of the <span style="font-style:italic;">Aepyornis <p style="line-height:2;">Normalizing Fauna <p style="line-height:2;">From Lemuria to Biogeography <p style="line-height:2;">Conclusion <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter FourThe Scientific Community of the LMS <p style="line-height:2;">Protestant Missionaries as Naturalists <p style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Antananarivo Annual and the Scientific Community <p style="line-height:2;">A Global and Scientific Audience <p style="line-height:2;">Conclusion <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter FiveDefining the Malagasy: Language and Race on Madagascar <p style="line-height:2;">Language as a Civilizing Tool <p style="line-height:2;">Differentiating the Malagasy <p style="line-height:2;">Missionary Experiences <p style="line-height:2;">Spreading the Racial Word <p style="line-height:2;">The Slave Trade and the Merina Kingdom <p style="line-height:2;">Conclusion <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter SixRedefining the Environment <p style="line-height:2;">The Tropical Becomes Familiar <p style="line-height:2;">Wresting Control from the Malagasy <p style="line-height:2;">Reshaping the Environment <p style="line-height:2;">A Plantation Once More <p style="line-height:2;">Conclusion <p style="line-height:2;">Chapter SevenA French Colonial World <p style="line-height:2;">Creating a Colony <p style="line-height:2;">The Creation of Forest Reserves <p style="line-height:2;">A New Scientific Madagascar <p style="line-height:2;">Conclusion
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 969.101; Nature -- Social aspects -- Madagascar; Natural history -- Madagascar; Naturalists -- Madagascar -- History -- 19th century; Missionaries -- Madagascar -- History -- 19th century; Madagascar -- Colonial influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498576062
• Related ISBNs: 9781498576055
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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