| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 379 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the German. |
| Subject |
Eckenbrecher, Margarethe von, 1875-1955.
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Germans -- Namibia -- Biography.
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Germans. |
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Namibia. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Women pioneers -- Namibia -- Biography.
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Women pioneers. |
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Farmers -- Namibia -- Biography.
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Farmers. |
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Namibia.
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
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Namibia -- History -- 1884-1915 -- Biography.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1884-1915 |
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Namibia -- History -- 1915-1946 -- Biography.
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| Chronological Term |
1915-1946 |
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Namibia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Namibia -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Ethnic relations. |
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Okombahe (Namibia) -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. |
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General. |
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Manners and customs. |
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HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa. |
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Namibia -- Okombahe. |
| Chronological Term |
1884-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Crandall, David P., 1960- editor.
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Kelling, Hans-Wilhelm, editor.
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Kerry, Paul E., editor.
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| Added Title |
Was Afrika mir gab und nahm. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015022582
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Eckenbrecher, Margarethe von, 1875-1955. Was Afrika mir gab und nahm. English. Africa 9781611461503 (DLC) 2015004497 (OCoLC)898924327 |
| ISBN |
9781611461510 (electronic book) |
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1611461510 (electronic book) |
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9781611461503 |
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1611461502 |
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9781611461985 |
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1611461987 |
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