The Lower !Garib - Orange River Pasts and Presents of a Southern African Border Region
The Lower !Garib, or Orange River, flows through the historical Namaqualand and since 1990 has formed the international border between Namibia and South Africa. The contributors to this volume focus on this hardly discussed stretch of the Orange River to understand the region's social history,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bielefeld
transcript Verlag
2023
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| Series: | Global Studies
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The Lower !Garib, or Orange River, flows through the historical Namaqualand and since 1990 has formed the international border between Namibia and South Africa. The contributors to this volume focus on this hardly discussed stretch of the Orange River to understand the region's social history, geography, and economy. This book brings together scholars from Namibia, South Africa, and overseas, as well as the knowledge and analysis from people living in the region. In concise chapters and short portraits, they discuss the region's past and present from a variety of perspectives. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (326 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783837666397 9783839466391 |