Breweries, Politics and Identity The History Behind Namibia's Beer / Tycho van der Hoog.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoog, Tycho van der, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beer industry--Namibia--History.

Beer industry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-112).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783906927138

390692713X

OCLC:

1124610756