Green Estate Tapa dura - 1991

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Smithsonian Books (DC), 1991. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a dust jacket with fading to spine, A Green Estate traces the effect of French domination through the colonial period and into the years after official Malagasy independence in 1960. The book reveals how the people of northwest Madagascar have reasserted their ownership of the land and reclaimed their heritage through a ritual reburial of a king who died at the height of the colonial era...by analyzing the long dialogue between the French & the Malagasy over monarchy, gender, death, land, work and taxes, French rule, she shows,resulted in the imposition of provincial centers of government and commerce that diverted attention and labor from agricultural villages and religious centers. 36 plates, maps. Record # 378960

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No marks. Fine complete dust jacket. Glossary. References. Index. Smithsonian Series in Ethnographic Inquiry.

Smithsonian Books. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Smithsonian, 1991. Hardcover. As new, clean, tight & bright condition, with bright and crisp dust jacket. 627pp.

Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. Hardback. Fine/Very Good.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1991. dj in mylar; 627 clean, unmarked pages/index. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by B/w. 8 Vo.

Hbk 627pp an excellent clean tight unmarked copy in sleeve protected dj almost as new.