The Madagascar youths : British alliances and military expansion in the Indian Ocean region / Gwyn Campbell.

In 1820, King Radama of Imerina, Madagascar signed a treaty allowing approximately one hundred young Malagasy to train abroad under official British supervision, the so-called 'Madagascar Youths'. In this lively and carefully researched book, Gwyn Campbell traces the Youths' untold history, from the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campbell, Gwyn, 1952- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Young men > Madagascar > Social conditions > 19th century.
Imperialism.
Acculturation > Madagascar > History > 19th century.
Madagascar > History.
Madagascar > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Madagascar.
Madagascar > Civilization > 19th century.
Acculturation.
Civilization.
Diplomatic relations.
Young men > Social conditions.
Great Britain.
Madagascar.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xv, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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