David Griffiths and the missionary "History of Madagascar" /

In 1838, William Ellis of the LMS published a History of Madagascar-considered a key primary source for nineteenth-century Malagasy history. Four years later, David Griffiths, longest serving member of the Madagascar Mission, published Hanes Madagascar ("History of Madagascar") in Welsh. C...

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Main Author: Campbell, Gwyn, 1952-

Other Authors: Griffiths, David, 1792-1863.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Studies in Christian Mission 41.
Studies in Christian Mission Online, ISBN: 9789004322295.

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Griffiths, David, > 1792-1863. > Hanes Madagascar.

Ellis, William, > 1794-1872. > History of Madagascar.

Missions > Madagascar > History.

Madagascar > Church history.

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Call Number: BV3625.M2 G7533 2012

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Table of Contents:

Preliminary Material
I . Griffiths: Origins and Background
II . Griffiths in Madagascar, 1821-30
III. Freeman's Challenge
IV. The Battle for Publications and the History of the Mission
V. The Histories of Griffiths and Ellis Compared
VI. Aftermath
Introduction
Explanation of the Pictures
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Introduction
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
1. Books Published in English about Madagascar, 1838-70
2. The Library of Robert Farquhar on Mauritius
3. List of Publications from the LMS Press in Madagascar up to 1835 and by David Griffiths, 1835-62
4. David Jones and David Griffiths, "An Account of the Ceremony of Circumcision as Performed by the Madegasse."
5. David Jones, "Infanticide Among the Malagassy"
6. Facts and Observations Illustrative of the Tanghen Communicated in a Letter to Charles Telfair, Esq., by the Rev. Edward Baker-1831
7. Extracts from Jones' Journal (1820)
8. The Britanno-Merina Treaty, 1820
9. Particulars of the Illness and Decease of the late James Hastie, Esq., Agent of the British Government at Tananarivou, the Capital of Madagascar; Chiefly Abstracted from Communications Transmitted by the Missionaries
10. Poetry Published in Britain about the Malagasy Refugees
11. Freeman's Poems
12. Edward Baker, "Memorial to the Directors of the London Missionary Society" [1832]
Glossary of Selected Malagasy Terms found in Text
Bibliography
Hanes Madagascar Index
General Index.

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