LEADER 04320nam 2200661 450 001 9910820438503321 005 20230126213506.0 010 $a1-61146-151-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000468460 035 $a(EBL)4086658 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001543900 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16136110 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543900 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12815532 035 $a(PQKB)10133371 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4086658 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000468460 100 $a20150410h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAfrica: What it gave me, what it took from me $eremembrances from my life as a German pioneer woman in South West Africa /$fMargarethe von Eckenbrecher ; translated, edited and introduced by David P. Crandall, Hans-Wilhelm Kelling and Paul Kerry 210 1$aBethlehem :$cLehigh University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (399 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61146-150-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBiographical entries -- A reader's introduction -- Book I -- [1] Leaving home -- The first ten days -- Las Palmas -- Monrovia -- Nifu -- Mossamdes -- Port Alexander -- Swakopmund -- The journey to Karibib -- Karibib -- By oxcart from Karibib to Okombahe -- [2] Okombahe -- Something about the natives of the colony -- The activities of the missionaries in the protectorate -- Our first abode -- Worries of a housewife -- Building our home -- Future plans and disappointments -- Cattle raising -- Gui-Gams -- Cultivating a garden -- Experiences and observations -- Spitzkoppies -- [3] Insurrection -- Foreboding weather -- The insurrection begins -- A dangerous ride -- In the fortress -- Under the protection of the Franke Company -- In the barracks at Omaruru -- My return to Germany -- Book II -- A note to my readers -- [1] The new South West -- My return to South West Africa -- Our idealic life in Klein-Windhuk -- [2] How I experienced the First World War -- The impending storm -- The future is foreshadowed in everyday events -- The people of the colony prepare themselves -- Mobilization -- South Africa begins hostilities -- Treachery at Naulila -- Our commander dies -- A punitive expedition to Naulila -- The Baster War -- The Germans must be cleared out -- General Botha occupies Windhuk -- An honorable surrender -- Living under martial law -- [3] South West becomes a League of Nations mandate -- Dissolution? -- Expulsions -- The influenza epidemic of 1918 -- Changes -- New unrest -- The house on the mountain -- Life under mandate rule -- Our German schools -- My sons -- Hunting in the African bush and a return to our home in Okombahe -- From the Brandberg to Franzfontein -- Korichaams -- Etoscha and the Waterberg -- 1934 : the year of torrential rains -- Of diamonds, gold, and other treasures -- A concluding and final word -- Postscript. 330 $aAfrica: What It Gave Me, What It Took from Me is a memoir of an extraordinary woman who, as a newlywed, travelled with her husband to German South West Africa, a colony situated just above South African on the Atlantic coast. 517 3 $aAfrica 606 $aGermans$zNamibia$vBiography 606 $aWomen pioneers$zNamibia$vBiography 606 $aFarmers$zNamibia$vBiography 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zNamibia 607 $aNamibia$xHistory$y1884-1915$vBiography 607 $aNamibia$xHistory$y1915-1946$vBiography 607 $aNamibia$xSocial life and customs$y20th century 607 $aNamibia$xEthnic relations$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aOkombahe (Namibia)$vBiography 615 0$aGermans 615 0$aWomen pioneers 615 0$aFarmers 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 676 $a968.8103 700 $aEckenbrecher$b Margarethe von$f1875-1955,$01605965 702 $aCrandall$b David P.$f1960- 702 $aKelling$b Hans-Wilhelm 702 $aKerry$b Paul E. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820438503321 996 $aAfrica: What it gave me, what it took from me$93931492 997 $aUNINA