An Empire in the Indian Ocean: the Sakalava Empire of Madagascar Público
Hooper, Jane Louise (2010)
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Abstract
Abstract
An Empire in the Indian Ocean: the Sakalava Empire of
Madagascar
By Jane Louise Hooper
The dissertation argues that leaders in Madagascar used violence to
dominate
global trade during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Chapters in An Empire in
the Indian Ocean describe how coping with new trading
opportunities led to increasingly
coercive forms of acquisition and domination, as well as the
creation of the first
expansive empire in the East African region. The dissertation uses
maritime records from
European trading companies to reveal how the Sakalava monopolized
the movement of
commodities within Madagascar. In the wake of new resource demands,
the shores of
Madagascar became important supply stations for European vessels
crossing the oceans.
Sakalava kings and queens controlled the trade of cattle, slaves,
and rice through the use
of force. They also formed alliances with other states throughout
the island. As European
interest in the resources of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean
increased during the
eighteenth century, the Sakalava Empire came under attack by rival
empires. These rivals
cut off Sakalava expansion on both land and sea. By the close of
the nineteenth century,
the empire had crumbled and being Sakalava no longer meant
subjection to a certain king
or ruler. Instead, it represented a way of seeing the world and
understanding the past, as
well as the future.
An Empire in the Indian Ocean: the Sakalava Empire of
Madagascar
By
Jane Louise Hooper
B.A., Grinnell College, 2003
Advisor: Clifton Crais, Ph.D.
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the
James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies of Emory University
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in History
2010
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction: Globalization and the Sakalava Empire
1. On the Shores of the Onilahy
2. Imperial Beginnings
3. Negotiating for Slaves
4. Sakalava Expansion, c. 1730-1800
5. European Fleets in the Indian Ocean
6. Sakalava "Pirates"
7. The Decline of the Sakalava Empire?
Conclusion
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