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Orchards of Privilege: Water, Oranges, and Race in the Gamtoos Valley of South Africa, 1700-2023

Contributor(s): Ross, Robert (Author)

ISBN: 9780821425992

Publisher: Ohio University Press

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Pub Date: April 14, 2026

Dewey: 306.34909687

LCCN: 2025002012

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 9.14" L x 5.92" W ( 0.90 lbs) 230 pages

Series: Ecology & History

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Description: 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.

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