Orchards of Privilege - Water, Oranges, and Race in the Gamtoos Valley of South Africa, 1700

From the mid-eighteenth century to the early twenty-first century, the Gamtoos floodplain in South Africa has shifted from thick bush into a thriving agricultural system based on citrus orchards and market gardening. This book traces that transformation and the control of water that made it possible.

About the author

Robert Ross is a professor emeritus of African studies at the Leiden University Institute for History. His books include Things Change: Black Material Culture and the Development of a Consumer Society in South Africa, 1800-2020 and The Borders of Race in Colonial South Africa: The Kat River Settlement, 1829-1856.

Summary

From the mid-eighteenth century to the early twenty-first century, the Gamtoos floodplain in South Africa has shifted from thick bush into a thriving agricultural system based on citrus orchards and market gardening. This book traces that transformation and the control of water that made it possible.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Ross
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.07.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9780821426203
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2620-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Series in Ecology and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous