Madagascar Youths - British Alliances and Military Expansion in the Indian Ocean Region

Examines the untold history of approximately one hundred 'Madagascar Youths', young people who British authorities accepted for training abroad following a treaty signed in 1820 with King Radama of Madagascar, exploring their experiences and their subsequent impact on Malagasy-British relations and the modernisation in Madagascar.

List of contents

1. The context; 2. Britain; 3. Mauritius; 4. The British navy; 5. Industry; 6. Musicians and naval ambitions; 7. The Twins, diplomacy, and British allegiance.

About the author

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).

Summary

Examines the untold history of approximately one hundred 'Madagascar Youths', young people who British authorities accepted for training abroad following a treaty signed in 1820 with King Radama of Madagascar, exploring their experiences and their subsequent impact on Malagasy-British relations and the modernisation in Madagascar.

Product details

• Authors: Gwyn Campbell, Gwyn (Mcgill University Campbell, Campbell Gwyn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781316511718
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51171-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Africa / General, military history, c 1500 onwards to present day, African History, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards