Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers - The Duala and Their Hinterland, C.1600 C.1960

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. From fishermen to middlemen: the Duala inland and on the coast in the formative period, c.1600-1830; 3. Hegemony without control: the Duala, Europeans and the littoral hinterland in the era of legitimate/free trade c.1830-84; 4. Mythic transformation and historical continuity: Duala middlemen and German colonial rule, 1884-1914; 5. Middlemen as ethnic elite: the Duala under Grench mandate rule, 1914-41; 6. Between colonialism and radical nationalism: middlemen in the era of decolonization, c.1941-c.1960.

Summary

This book is about 'middlemen': Africans who functioned as intermediaries between Europeans and their own hinterland for over 300 years. Based on written and oral sources, it follows the Duala, a critical community, from precolonial history to the end of colonialism, covering both German and French colonial role.

Product details

• Authors: Ralph A. Austen, Jonathan Derrick, Ralph Derrick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2012
• EAN: 9780521566643
• ISBN: 978-0-521-56664-3
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 440 g
• Series: African Studies Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous