Add this copy of A Green Estate: Restoring Independence in Madagascar to cart. $14.10, very good condition, Sold by Open Books Ltd rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Smithsonian Inst Pr.
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Very good. Remainder mark. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.
Add this copy of A Green Estate: Restoring Independence in Madagascar to cart. $14.24, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Smithsonian Inst Pr.
Add this copy of A Green Estate: Restoring Independence in Madagascar to cart. $15.88, very good condition, Sold by Archives Books, inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Edmond, OK, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by Smithsonian Inst Pr.
Add this copy of A Green Estate: Restoring Independence in Madagascar to cart. $26.17, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by Smithsonian Books.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 950grams, ISBN: 9781560980902.
Add this copy of A Green Estate-Restoring Independence in Madagascar to cart. $45.76, new condition, Sold by Kenya Books - Kenya & Africa rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brighton, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1991 by Smithsonian Institution Press.
Add this copy of A Green Estate: Restoring Independence in Madagascar to cart. $82.00, very good condition, Sold by Expatriate Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Svendborg, DENMARK, published 1991 by Smithsonian Institution.
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Textual photo illustrations. Binding corner bumps. Light page-edge soil. VG., dustwrapper. 23x15cm, xvii, 627 pp. " 'A Green Estate' traces the effect of French domination through the colonial period and into the years after official Malagasy independence in 1960. The book reveals how the people of northwest Madagascar have reasserted their ownership of the land and reclaimed their heritage through a ritual reburial of a king who died at the height of the colonial era...by analyzing the long dialogue between the French & the Malagasy over monarchy, gender, death, land, work and taxes, French rule, she shows, resulted in the imposition of provincial centers of government and commerce that diverted attention and labor from agricultural villages and religious centers..."-dustwrapper blurb]. Contents: Interests in Ancestors: Interregnum; Work & Service; Law; Three Domsticities; Greedy Places; Remembering; The One Most in Evidence; The Death of Kings: Ancestry, Land & Labor: Eschatologies; Deadly Blessings: Death & Sexuality; La France Orientale et le Far-West Malgache; Three Domesticities: A Green Estate; Rooting Ancestors; Appendices: Comings & Goings of People Living in Andonaka in 1973; Comings & Goings of People Living in Tsinjorano in 1973; Population Statistics for Analalava & Ampasikely, 1972-72.
