TY  - BOOK
AU  - Quinn,Frederick
AU  - Quinn,Frederick
TI  - In Search of Salt: Changes in Beti (Cameroon) Society, 1880-1960 
T2  - Cameroon Studies
SN  - 9781845450069
AV  - DT571.B47 Q56 2006
U1  - 305.896/396 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Beti (African people)
KW  - History
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Anthropology (General), Colonial History
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; CHAPTER 1 Traditional Beti Society --; CHAPTER 2 Social Organization and the Sso Rite --; CHAPTER 3 “In the Time of Major Dominik” The Beti and the Germans, 1887–1916 --; CHAPTER 4 The German Presence Traders and Missionaries --; CHAPTER 5 The Beti and the French --; CHAPTER 6 Times of Expansion The Inland Railroad, Cocoa Production, the Catholic Church --; CHAPTER 7 The Beti from World War II to Independence --; Conclusion --; Appendix A Traditional Beti Literature --; Appendix B Aspects of Traditional Beti Society, by Abbé Theodore Tsala --; Appendix C Translation of Appendix B: Aspects of Traditional Beti Society, by Abbé Theodore Tsala --; Annex --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Relatively recent Bantu-speaking migrants to central Cameroon, the Beti have had an eventful history. Based on extensive interviews and traditional Beti (Fang) poetry, in addition to German and French archival sources, the author of this readable study recreates the social structure of the Beti and their self-perceptions in pre-colonial times, their disruptive encounters with first German (1880-1918) and then French (1918-1960) colonialism, until Cameroon’s independence
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782388845
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781782388845
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781782388845/original
ER  -