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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| Published: |
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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| IxTheo 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 |