Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Map
- 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. 1830–1884
- 4 Mythic transformation and historical continuity: Duala middlemen and German colonial rule, 1884–1914
- 5 Middlemen as ethnic elite: the Duala under French mandate rule, 1914–1941
- 6 Between colonialism and radical nationalism: middlemen in the era of decolonization, c. 1941–c. 1960
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Map
- 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. 1830–1884
- 4 Mythic transformation and historical continuity: Duala middlemen and German colonial rule, 1884–1914
- 5 Middlemen as ethnic elite: the Duala under French mandate rule, 1914–1941
- 6 Between colonialism and radical nationalism: middlemen in the era of decolonization, c. 1941–c. 1960
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES
Summary
The writing of this book has occupied well over twenty years, although both authors have simultaneously been involved in numerous other projects. The research and writing of chapters 2–4 is entirely the work of Ralph Austen. Chapters 5 and 6 are based on research and drafts by Jonathan Derrick, with additional research and the final writing undertaken by Ralph Austen.
In the course of our efforts we have both become heavily indebted to a great number of oral informants, research assistants and colleagues. Help on specific matters is acknowledged in our many footnotes but recognition beyond these formal courtesies must be extended to at least some institutions and individuals. These include the staffs of the many Cameroonian, British, Dutch, French, German and Swiss archives (governmental, missionary and private) in which we worked (the archives are specified in the bibliography).
In Cameroon we both benefited from the help of various members of the History and Geography Departments of the University of Yaoundé as well as the staffs of the American Cultural Center and the Goethe Institute. In Douala, we both owe special thanks to Father Eric de Rosny, SJ for personal support of various kinds and, in Ralph Austen's case, to the Collège Alfred Saker, the Procure Catholique, Louis Bissek and Martin Njeuma for lodging and other help.
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- Middlemen of the Cameroons RiversThe Duala and their Hinterland, c.1600–c.1960, pp. ix - xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1999