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The Lower !Garib - Orange River: Pasts and Presents of a Southern African Border Region
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Abstract 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, geogr... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
Namibia; Republic of South Africa; border region; historical development; geography; economy; political development; post-colonialism
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Free Keywords
Border Studies; Space; History of Colonialism
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
323 p.
Series
Global Studies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839466391
ISSN
2703-0504
ISBN
978-3-8394-6639-1
Status
Published Version; reviewed