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001392496 1001_ $$aEckenbrecher, Margarethe von,$$d1875-1955,$$eauthor.
001392496 24010 $$aWas Afrika mir gab und nahm.$$lEnglish
001392496 24510 $$aAfrica: What it gave me, what it took from me :$$bremembrances from my life as a German pioneer woman in South West Africa /$$cMargarethe von Eckenbrecher ; translated, edited and introduced by David P. Crandall, Hans-Wilhelm Kelling and Paul Kerry.
001392496 2463_ $$aAfrica
001392496 264_1 $$aBethlehem :$$bLehigh University Press,$$c[2015]
001392496 264_4 $$c©2015
001392496 300__ $$a1 online resource (399 pages).
001392496 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent
001392496 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia
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001392496 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
001392496 5050_ $$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.
001392496 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
001392496 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record.
001392496 60010 $$aEckenbrecher, Margarethe von,$$d1875-1955.
001392496 650_0 $$aGermans$$zNamibia$$vBiography.
001392496 650_0 $$aWomen pioneers$$zNamibia$$vBiography.
001392496 650_0 $$aFarmers$$zNamibia$$vBiography.
001392496 650_0 $$aFrontier and pioneer life$$zNamibia.
001392496 651_0 $$aNamibia$$xHistory$$y1884-1915$$vBiography.
001392496 651_0 $$aNamibia$$xHistory$$y1915-1946$$vBiography.
001392496 651_0 $$aNamibia$$xSocial life and customs$$y20th century.
001392496 651_0 $$aNamibia$$xEthnic relations$$xHistory$$y20th century.
001392496 651_0 $$aOkombahe (Namibia)$$vBiography.
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001392496 7001_ $$aCrandall, David P.,$$d1960-$$etranslator.
001392496 7001_ $$aKelling, Hans-Wilhelm,$$eeditor.
001392496 7001_ $$aKerry, Paul E.,$$eauthor of introduction, etc.
001392496 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aEckenbrecher, Margarethe von.$$tAfrica: What it gave me, what it took from me : remembrances from my life as a German pioneer woman in South West Africa.$$dBethlehem : Lehigh University Press, [2015]
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