THE MALAGASY AND THE EUROPEANS. Madagascar's Foreign Relations, 1861-1895 by Mutibwa, Phares M - 1974

Atlantic Highland, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Eight photos, with four maps. Atlantic Highland, NJ: Humanities Press, 1974. First edition. ISBN 0391003488. An in-depth study of the foreign policy of the Malagasy government from 1861 to 1895 when, seeking to encourage European traders and missionaries to live and work in Madagascar, the country's leaders embraced Protestantism, believing that it would draw them closer to the Europeans and accelerate their development. This decision annoyed the Catholic French who had colonial designs on the "Great African Island" and ultimately led to open warfare in 1883. Fine in fine jacket.