Forced and Forest Labor Regimes in Colonial Madagascar, 1926--1936.
This article centers on labor in Madagascar and the ways in which colonial labor regimes have shaped forest conservation efforts. During the interwar period, the French colonial state launched two initiatives: it reinvigorated forest conservation measures and it conscripted male youths for public wo...
| Publicado en: | Ethnohistory Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 407 - 436 |
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Duke University Press
Spring2005
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