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Author Hoog, Tycho van der, author.

Title Breweries, Politics and Identity : the History Behind Namibian Beer / Tycho van der Hoog
Published Basel, Switzerland : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (130 pages)
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 11, 2019)
Subject Beer -- Namibia
Beer industry -- Namibia
Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries.
HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
Beer
Beer industry
Namibia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 390692713X
9783906927138