1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455831503321

Titolo

The chivalric ethos and the development of military professionalism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by D.J.B. Trim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46471-2

9786610464715

1-4175-1041-2

90-474-0088-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

History of warfare, , 1385-7827 ; ; v. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

TrimD. J. B (David J. B.)

Disciplina

306.2/7

Soggetti

Sociology, Military

Standing army - History

Chivalry

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Illustrations vii -- Contributors ix -- Acknowledgements xi -- List of Abbreviations xiii --1. Introduction -- D.J.B. Trim 1 --PROLOGUE --2. Why Chivalry? Military 'Professionalism' in the Twelfth Century: The Origins and Expressions of a Socio-military Ethos -- Matthew Bennett 41 --STUDIES IN CHIVALRY AND PROFESSIONALISM IN LATE-MEDIEVAL AND EARLY-MODERN EUROPE --3. Condottieri and Captains in Renaissance Italy -- Michael Mallett 67 -- 4. The Portuguese Nobility, and the Rise and Decline of Portuguese Military Power, 1400-1650 -- Malyn J. Newitt 89 -- 5. Artisans, Architects and Aristocrats: Professionalism and Renaissance Military Engineering -- Simon Pepper 117 -- 6. Chivalry and Professionalism in the French Armies of the Renaissance -- David Potter 149 -- 7. Chivalry, Military Professionalism and the Early Tudor Army in Renaissance Europe: a reassessment -- Luke MacMahon 183 -- 8. Chivalry and Professionalism in Electoral Saxony in the Mid-Sixteenth Century -- Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly 213 -- 9. Soldados Platicos and Caballeros: The Social Dimensions of Ethics in the Early



Modern Spanish Army -- Fernando Gonzilez de Len 235 -- 10. Army, Society and Military Professionalism in the Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War -- D. J. B. Trim 269 -- 11. The Officer Corps and Army Command in the British Isles, 1620-1660 -- Martyn Bennett 291 --POSTSCRIPT: THE LAST GASP OF CHIVALRY? --12. Shoot Them All: Chivalry, Honour and the Confederate Army Officer Corps -- Mark A. Weitz 321 --Index 349.

Sommario/riassunto

An exploration of the armies and societies of late-mediaeval and early-modern Europe. The essays examine the extent to which the chivalric ethos and military professionalism were incompatible, as well as their relative significance for developments in the art of war, and the rise of the state.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780737403321

Autore

Nguyễn Thanh Tuyền

Titolo

Knowledge economy and sustainable economic development [[electronic resource] ] : a critical review / / Thanh Tuyen Nguyen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : De Gruyter Saur, c2010

ISBN

1-282-88530-8

9786612885303

3-598-44157-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Collana

Knowledge & information. Studies in information science

Classificazione

MS 6950

Disciplina

303.48/3309597

Soggetti

Knowledge management - Economic aspects - Vietnam

Information technology - Economic aspects - Vietnam

Sustainable development - Technological innovations - Vietnam

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. The Thachsanh connection -- Chapter 2. The global economy: Perspectives on the exchange of knowledge for material -- Chapter 3. Knowledge economy for sustainable development: reality or utopia? -- Chapter 4. The cultural context of Vietnam -- Chapter 5.



Policy achievements and challenges -- Chapter 6. Vietnam and the knowledge economy -- Chapter 7. Identifying key issues -- Chapter 8. Rural Vietnam -- Chapter 9. Indigenous Knowledge -- Chapter 10. ICT Nonusers -- Chapter 11. Intensive ICT users -- Chapter 12. Virtual worlds -- Chapter 13. The Vietnamese ICT industry -- Chapter 14. Sustainable development or permanent scarcity? -- Chapter 15. The exchange of mind for mass -- Chapter 16. Metatypes for knowledge promotion and the enhancement of domestic value -- Chapter 17. Conclusions and guidelines for policy: Seeking Thachsanh's inexhaustible rice bowl in the 21st century -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, the author focuses on the intersection of two major bodies of policy and practice: knowledge economy and ICTs on one hand, and sustainable economic development on the other. It aims to provide a broad-ranging account of the social and economic terrain demarcated by this intersection in order to reach conclusions and offer guidelines for policy development. Although based on the case of a developing country (Vietnam) its analyses, arguments and conclusions are of universal relevance. Key features comprehensive picture of a society from the perspective of knowledge for development