| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 377 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-370) and index. |
| Summary |
Youth and identity politics figure prominently in this provocative study of personal and collective memory in Madagascar. A deeply nuanced ethnography of historical consciousness, it challenges many cross-cultural investigations of youth, for its key actors are not adults but school children. |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgments; Notes on the Text; Introduction; Chapter 1: Youth and the Colonized Mind; Part Two: The Perplexities of Urban Schooling: Sacrifice, Suffering, and Survival; Chapter 2: The Sacrificed Generation; Chapter 3: The Life and Hard Times of the School Migrant; Part Three: Freedom, Labor, and Loyalty; Chapter 4: The Resurgence of Royal Power; Chapter 5: Our Grandfathers Went to War; Chapter 6: Laboring for the Colony; Part Four: Youth and the Nation: Schooling and Its Perils; Chapter 7: Girls and Sex and Other Urban Diversions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Youth -- Madagascar.
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Youth. |
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Madagascar. |
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Education -- Madagascar.
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Education. |
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Youth -- Political activity -- Madagascar.
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Youth -- Political activity. |
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Imperialism.
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Imperialism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Youth. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Sharp, Lesley Alexandra. Sacrificed generation. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 (DLC) 2001007074 |
| ISBN |
9780520935884 (electronic book) |
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0520935888 (electronic book) |
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1597348848 |
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9781597348843 |
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1282762516 |
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9781282762510 |
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0520229509 (Cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520229517 (Paper ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520229501 |
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9780520229518 |
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