Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Introduction
4. The Lower ǃGarib / Orange River: A Cross-border Microregion 11
5. Movements, Networks and Imaginations
6. Entangled Networks: Ethnicity, Mobility, and Exchange in the Lower ǃGarib / Orange River Region in the Late 18^th Century 27
7. The Visit of the Snake: The Storied Landscape of the Lower ǃGarib in the mid-1830s 51
8. Imaginations and Constructions of Literary Spaces: The Lower ǃGarib / Orange River Region in Literature 65
9. Fritz Isak (Zak) Gomaxnab Dirkse IGabaxab: Teacher and Promoter of Nama Language 79
10. Changing Dynamics of Settler Farming
11. The Enigma of the Namaqualand Trekboer 83
12. Permeable Borders: Configurations of whiteness and Boer Commercial Ranching in Southern Namibia 99
13. Swimming Upstream: From ‘Poor-Whites’ to ‘Coloureds’ along South Africa’s Lower Orange River 119
14. Monika and Willem Basson: Farming and Living along the River 145
15. Living along the River
16. Onseepkans: Irrigation, Removals and Resistance in the Borderlands of Namibia and South Africa 151
17. Company Hegemony and Social Relations in Oranjemund: The Paterson Job Grading System and the 1970s Town Transformations 165
18. Understanding the Relationships between the ǀAi-ǀAis Richtersveld Transfrontier Park (ARTP) and Local Communities of ǁGamaseb Conservancy in Namibia 179
19. Settling in the Mining Town: An Account of Women linked to Migrant Workers in Oranjemund, Namibia 195
20. Anne-Marie IssaBrown Garises: Curator of the Keetmanshoop Museum 207
21. Contested Land, Water and Borders
22. The Orange River Boundary and the Ongoing Border Dispute Between Namibia and South Africa 211
23. Contesting Control over the Namaqualand Landscape through Property 225
24. Rethinking River Resilience: The Lower ǃGarib / Orange River 241
25. Paulus Johannes: Park ranger 261
26. Interdisciplinary Conversations
27. Archaeological Space and Time along the Lower Orange River and Coast: Narratives of Gudrun Corvinus 267
28. Landscape Archives, Aerial Photography and Geomorphic Change along the Lower Orange River 287
29. The Water Quality of the Lower Orange River and its Implications on Human and River Health 297
30. Epilogue 315
31. Authors and Editors 319