Africa: What it gave me, what it took from me : remembrances from my life as a German pioneer woman in South West Africa / / Margarethe von Eckenbrecher ; translated, edited and introduced by David P. Crandall, Hans-Wilhelm Kelling and Paul Kerry

• Autore: Eckenbrecher Margarethe von <1875-1955, >
• Pubblicazione: Bethlehem : , : Lehigh University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 p.)
• Disciplina: 968.8103
• Soggetto topico: Germans - Namibia; Women pioneers - Namibia; Farmers - Namibia; Frontier and pioneer life - Namibia
• Soggetto geografico: Namibia History 1884-1915 Biography; Namibia History 1915-1946 Biography; Namibia Social life and customs 20th century; Namibia Ethnic relations History 20th century; Okombahe (Namibia) Biography
• Persona (resp. second.): CrandallDavid P. <1960->; KellingHans-Wilhelm; KerryPaul E.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Biographical 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Africa: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Africa
• Titolo autorizzato: Africa: What it gave me, what it took from me
• ISBN: 1-61146-151-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797552203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II