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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



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Autore: Eckenbrecher Margarethe von <1875-1955, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: 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 Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61146-151-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820438503321
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