Kent, Raymond K. — Early Kingdoms in Madagascar 1500-1700

New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A classic social history of precolonial Madagascar, focusing on the dynastic tribal kingdoms. The publisher's dust jacket has it that "Professor Kent began his detailed research into the precolonial history of Madagascar with the purpose of providing a more balanced historical account than previous accounts had presented. In particular he felt that the amount of investigation into the early kingdoms of Madagascar was insufficient in light of their historical importance. Limiting his endeavor to the period 1500 - 1700, he sought to answer several questions: how, precisely, were the early kingdoms formed; how did they grow; how did they change; why did they change? Product of impressive scholarship, this volume is an important contribution to the study of the Malagasy past as well as a work of considerable interest to students of history and the social sciences engaged in area studies." Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xvi +1-336 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,