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Breweries, politics and identity : the history behind Namibian beer /
- Title
- Breweries, politics and identity : the history behind Namibian beer / Tycho van der Hoog.
- Author
- Hoog, Tycho van der,
- Publication
- Basel, Switzerland : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2019.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HD9397.A433 N364 2019 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- ix, 118 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Namibian beer is celebrated as an inextricable part of Namibian nationalism, both within domestic borders and across global markets. But for decades on end, the same brew was not available to the black population as a consequence of colonial politics. This book aims to explain how a European style beer has been transformed from an icon of white settlers into a symbol of the independent Namibian nation. The unusual focus on beer offers valuable insight into the role of companies in identity formation and thus highlights an understudied aspect of Namibian history, namely business-state relations.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Foreword / by Anne Mager -- Prelude : a centuries-long tradition of home brewing -- The advent of formal breweries, 1900-1920 -- A changing beer market, 1920-1970 -- Namibia breweries' transformation, 1970-2019.
- ISBN
- 9783906927121
- 3906927121
- LCCN
- 2019455211
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library