The Madagascar Youths

British Alliances and Military Expansion in the Indian Ocean Region

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvGwyn Campbell,Montreal) Campbell, Gwyn (McGill University

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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 signing of the treaty to their eventual recall to Madagascar. Extensive use of primary sources has enabled Campbell to explore the Madagascar Youths' experiences in Britain, Mauritius and aboard British anti-slave trade vessels, and their instrumental role in the modernisation of Madagascar. Through this remarkable history, Campbell examines how Malagasy-British relations developed, then soured, providing vital context to our understanding of slavery, mission activity and British imperialism in the nineteenth century.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-06-30
Mått158 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781316511718

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Gwyn Campbell is founding Director of the Indian Ocean World Centre at McGill University, General Editor of the Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies. He held a Canada Research Chair for the maximum tenure (2005-19) and has published widely on Africa and the wider Indian Ocean world, including An Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750-1895 (2005), David Griffiths and the Missionary 'History of Madagascar' (2012), Africa and the Indian Ocean World from early times to 1900 (2019) and The Travels of Robert Lyall, 1789-1831 (2020).

'Gwyn Campbell has produced an original and deeply researched microhistory. It connects the Indian Ocean with Europe and Africa in novel ways, it sheds light on technology transfers, perceptions of Madagascar, sociability, missionary outlooks, education, slavery, intercultural connections, and colonialism. The sections on musical training in Mauritius, on Malagasy youngsters in British academies, asylums and military vessels, and language across the Indian Ocean, are all captivating. Many of the portraits and vivid details are bound to stick with readers.' Eric Jennings, University of Toronto