Gwyn CampbellAn Economic History of Imperial Madagascar, 1750 1895
The Rise and Fall of an Island Empire
Gwyn Campbell is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Applied Languages and International Trade at the University of Avignon. He is the editor of Southern Africa and Regional Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Regions (2003) and The Structure of Slavery in Indian Ocean Africa and Asia (2003). He is the author of numerous articles, in such scholarly journals as the Journal of African History and the International Journal of African Historical Studies.
Introduction
1. The traditional economy, 1750-1820: industry and agriculture
2. The traditional economy, 1750-1820: commerce
3. Empire and the adoption of autarky, 1810-26
4. Industry and agriculture, 1820-95
5. Labour, 1820-95
6. Population, 1820-95
7. The trading structure, 1820-95
8. Foreign trade, 1820-95
9. The slave trade, 1820-95
10. Transport and communications, 1820-95
11. Currency and finance, 1820-95
12. Madagascar in the scramble for Indian Ocean Africa
Epilogue. The rise and fall of imperial Madagascar
Appendices
Bibliography
Glossary
Index.
