"Ives provides an accessible and interesting perspective on the complex, ongoing issue of race relations within South Africa. Recommended." - C. W. Herrick (Choice) “<i>Steeped in Heritage</i> is an excellent and highly recommendable account. Offers wonderful scope for comparison.” - Annika Teppo (Anthropological Forum) “<i>Steeped in Heritage</i> is likely to be of interest to any scholar interested in anthro-ecological interactions, racial politics, questions of self-hood and belonging, or simply interested in finding meaning in the tealeaves left at the bottom of their cup.” - Sarah Bradley (Journal of Ecological Anthropology) “A nuanced and theoretically engaged analysis. <i>Steeped in Heritage</i> offers a novel contribution to a long tradition of deeply ethnographic political ecology scholarship. This book will interest scholars working on a vast range of issues including indigeneity, environmental change, climate change, agricultural labor, identity politics, multispecies relationships, place-based products, and African studies.” - Emma McDonell (Journal of Political Ecology) <p>"Compelling and prescient . . . <i>Steeped in Heritage</i><i> </i>is a fascinating exploration of the dynamics surrounding identity and its ties to things and places in a racist, capitalist context."</p> - Aran Mackinnon (African Quarterly) "<i>Steeped in Heritage </i>is thorough and well-thought-out . . . Excellent and highly recommendable." - Annika Teppo (Anthropological Forum) "<i>Steeped in Heritage</i> is a fascinating and well-written account that refreshingly avoids the dominant paradigms associated with climate change. . . . Instead, it gives us a much-needed analysis of ecological change as a thoroughly social process, inseparable from local politics, which are dominated by structures of race and class. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the contemporary politics of southern Africa or the future of food in a time of ecological crisis." - Elizabeth Hull (American Anthropologist) "A nuanced, elegantly written study of what it means to own and profit off a crop and the land that sustains it. Ives writes in a lyrical fashion, using the metaphors of cultivation, steeping and sipping to create an interpretive framework. . . . In this vital study of plants and people, commodities and labourers, Ives centres her discussion on the supply side to show where the tea we drink is made." - Abena Dove Osseo-Asare (Journal of Modern African Studies) “<i>Steeped in Heritage</i> provides a fresh perspective on the post-apartheid situation of race relations and identity in South Africa while offering insight into the precarious rooibos economy of the Western Cape region. This book is multidisciplinary and will especially benefit those interested in South African studies, food economies, and cultural and regional identities that derive from commodity production.” - Gina Covert Benavidez (Journal of Global South Studies)