Knowledge, education and social differentiation amongst the Betsileo of Fisakana, highland Madagascar

This thesis is an ethnographic study of a village in Fisakana, an area of highland Madagascar where the institution of formal education has had great social, economic and cultural influence. Although the principal means of subsistence in Fisakana is wet rice cultivation, a severe shortage of good la...

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Main Author: Freeman, Luke
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2001
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.550744