Cameroon's Tycoon: Max Esser's Expedition and Its ConsequencesBerghahn Books, 2001 - 204 pages 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. |
Table des matières
His Life and Labours | 3 |
The Outward Voyage | 31 |
Cameroon the Historical Background | 43 |
Land and People in Cameroon | 49 |
In Cameroon REES | 55 |
The Expedition to Bali | 65 |
Departure from Cameroon | 113 |
A Retrospective View | 125 |
Johannes Semlers Togo | 147 |
A Soldiers View of the Tasks of the Bamenda Military | 153 |
a Shift of Modalities 1913 Hptm | 159 |
The Esser Affair | 165 |
The Fetishes and the Esser Collection at | 171 |
Maps | 185 |
201 | |
the Entry of the Gesellschaft Nordwest | 141 |
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Cameroon's Tycoon: Max Esser's Expedition and Its Consequences Max Esser Aucun aperçu disponible - 2001 |