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 his volume focus on this hardly discussed stretch of the Orange River to understand the region's social history, ge...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lenggenhager, Luregn (Editor ), Akawa, Martha (Editor ), Miescher, Giorgio (Editor ), Nghitevelekwa, Romie (Editor ), Sinthumule, Ndidzulafhi Innocent (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, 2023.
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.
Boundaries
South Africa > Boundaries > History.
Namibia > Boundaries > History.
Orange River Estuary (Namibia and South Africa)
Africa > Orange River Estuary
Namibia
South Africa
Border Studies.
Geography.
History of Colonialism.
History.
Politics.
Postcolonialism.
Social Geography.
South Africa.
Space.
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Lower ǃGarib / Orange River: A Cross-border Microregion
  • Movements, Networks and Imaginations
  • Entangled Networks: Ethnicity, Mobility, and Exchange in the Lower ǃGarib / Orange River Region in the Late 18th Century
  • The Visit of the Snake: The Storied Landscape of the Lower ǃGarib in the mid-1830s
  • Imaginations and Constructions of Literary Spaces: The Lower ǃGarib / Orange River Region in Literature
  • Fritz Isak (Zak) Gomaxnab Dirkse IGabaxab: Teacher and Promoter of Nama Language
  • Changing Dynamics of Settler Farming
  • The Enigma of the Namaqualand Trekboer
  • Permeable Borders: Configurations of whiteness and Boer Commercial Ranching in Southern Namibia
  • Swimming Upstream: From 'Poor-Whites' to 'Coloureds' along South Africa's Lower Orange River
  • Monika and Willem Basson: Farming and Living along the River
  • Living along the River
  • Onseepkans: Irrigation, Removals and Resistance in the Borderlands of Namibia and South Africa
  • Company Hegemony and Social Relations in Oranjemund: The Paterson Job Grading System and the 1970s Town Transformations
  • Understanding the Relationships between the ǀAi-ǀAis Richtersveld Transfrontier Park (ARTP) and Local Communities of ǁGamaseb Conservancy in Namibia
  • Settling in the Mining Town: An Account of Women linked to Migrant Workers in Oranjemund, Namibia
  • Anne-Marie IssaBrown Garises: Curator of the Keetmanshoop Museum
  • Contested Land, Water and Borders
  • The Orange River Boundary and the Ongoing Border Dispute Between Namibia and South Africa
  • Contesting Control over the Namaqualand Landscape through Property
  • Rethinking River Resilience: The Lower ǃGarib / Orange River
  • Paulus Johannes: Park ranger
  • Interdisciplinary Conversations
  • Archaeological Space and Time along the Lower Orange River and Coast: Narratives of Gudrun Corvinus
  • Landscape Archives, Aerial Photography and Geomorphic Change along the Lower Orange River
  • The Water Quality of the Lower Orange River and its Implications on Human and River Health
  • Epilogue
  • Authors and Editors

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