Cameroon's Tycoon - Max Esser's Expedition and its Consequences (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

Max Esser was an adventurous young merchant banker, a Rhinelander, who became the first managing director of the largest German plantation company in Cameroon. This volume gives a vivid account of the antecedents and early stages as experienced and described by Esser. In 1896 he ventured, with the explorer Zintgraff, into the hinterland to seek the agreement of Zintgraff's old ally, the ruler of Bali, for the provision of laborers for his projected enterprise. The consequences, many optimistically unforeseen, are illustrated with the help of contemporary materials. Esser's account is preceded by a look at his and his family's connections, added to by an account of newspaper campaigns against him, and completed by an examination of his Cameroon collection, which he gave to the Linden Museum in Stuttgart.

General

Imprint:	Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Cameroon Studies
Release date:	December 2001
Editors:	E.M. Chilver • Ute Roeschenthaler
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-57181-988-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	1-57181-988-6
Barcode:	9781571819888

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