Cameroon’s Tycoon Max Esser’s Expedition and its Consequences, 1st Edition

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.Cameroon’s Tycoon: Max Esser’s Expedition and its Consequences 1st Edition and published by Berghahn Books. ISBNs for Cameroon’s Tycoon are 9781782388760, 1782388761 and the print ISBNs are 9781571819888, 1571819886. Save up to 80% versus print by going digital with VitalSource. Additional ISBNs include 9781571813107.