Madagascar: Bibliography

See R. Kent, From Madagascar to the Malagasy Republic (1962) and Early Kingdoms in Madagascar, 1500–1700 (1970); C. P. Kottak, ed., Madagascar (1986); R. Stevens, Madagascar (1988); F. Allen, Madagascar (1990); K. Preston-Mafham, Madagascar: A Natural History (1991); P. M. Allen, Madagascar (1994); M. Covell, Historical Dictionary of Madagascar (1995); N. Garbutt, Mammals of Madagascar (1999); K. P. Middleton, Ancestors, Power and History in Madagascar (1999); P. Tyson, The Eighth Continent: Life, Death, and Discovery in the Lost World of Madagascar (2000); S. Goodman and J. P. Benstead, ed., The Natural History of Madagascar (2004).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The New Madagascar
• Colonialism, Independence, and One-Man Rule
• Early History to the End of Native Monarchy
• Government
• Economy
• Land and People
• Bibliography

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