| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) : map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
African studies series ; 96
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African studies series ; 96.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index. |
| Summary |
This is a book 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. |
| 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. 1830-1884 -- 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Duala (African people) -- History.
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Duala (African people) |
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History. |
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Cameroon -- History.
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Cameroon. |
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Cameroon -- Economic conditions -- To 1960.
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1960 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Derrick, Jonathan.
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| Added Title |
Duala and their hinterland, c.1600-c.1960 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Austen, Ralph A. Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521562287 0521566649 (DLC) 99206496 (OCoLC)40841104 |
| ISBN |
0511065671 (electronic book) |
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9780511065675 (electronic book) |
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0511059361 |
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9780511059360 |
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051111639X (electronic book) |
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9780511116391 (electronic book) |
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9780521566643 (paperback) |
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0521566649 (paperback) |
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9780521562287 (hardback) |
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0521562287 (hardback) |
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9780511497261 (electronic book) |
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0511497261 (electronic book) |
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