LEADER 03727nam 22006852 450 001 9910450103003321 005 20200817090633.0 010 $a1-107-12714-9 010 $a1-280-15991-X 010 $a1-139-14561-4 010 $a0-511-11639-X 010 $a0-511-06567-1 010 $a0-511-05936-1 010 $a0-511-33037-5 010 $a0-511-49726-1 010 $a0-511-06780-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030807 035 $a(EBL)217678 035 $a(OCoLC)475923929 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000202741 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166381 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000202741 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10251443 035 $a(PQKB)11224860 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511497261 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC217678 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL217678 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10073544 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15991 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030807 100 $a20090309d1999|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMiddlemen of the Cameroons Rivers $ethe Duala and their hinterland, c.1600-c.1960 /$fRalph A. Austen and Jonathan Derrick$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 252 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aAfrican studies series ;$v96 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-56664-9 311 $a0-521-56228-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 235-249) and index. 327 $a1. 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. 330 $aThe Duala people entered the international scene as merchant-brokers for precolonial trade in ivory, slaves and palm products. Under colonial rule they used the advantages gained from earlier riverain trade to develop cocoa plantations and provide their children with exceptional levels of European education. At the same time they came into early conflict with both German and French regimes and played a leading - if ultimately unsuccessful - role in anti-colonial politics. In tracing these changing economic and political roles, this book also examines the growing consciousness of the Duala as an ethnic group and uses their history to shed light on the history of 'middleman' communities in surrounding regions of West and Central Africa. The authors draw upon a wide range of written and oral sources, including indigenous accounts of the past conflicting with their own findings but illuminate local conceptions of social hierarchy and their relationship to spiritual beliefs. 410 0$aAfrican studies series ;$v96. 606 $aDuala (African people)$xHistory 607 $aCameroon$xHistory$yTo 1960 607 $aCameroon$xEconomic conditions$yTo 1960 615 0$aDuala (African people)$xHistory. 676 $a967.11/004963962 700 $aAusten$b Ralph A.$0658322 702 $aDerrick$b Jonathan 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450103003321 996 $aMiddlemen of the Cameroons Rivers$91899701 997 $aUNINA