1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820100503321

Autore

DiSalvo Charles R. <1948->

Titolo

M.K. Gandhi, attorney at law : the man before the Mahatma / / Charles R. DiSalvo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-520-95662-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (387 p.)

Classificazione

HIS003000SOC002010

Disciplina

340.092

B

Soggetti

Lawyers - India

South Africa Politics and government 1836-1909

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

Frontmatter -- contents -- Introduction -- ONE. Dispatched to London -- TWO. The Barrister Who Couldn't Speak -- THREE. An Abundant and Regular Supply of Labour -- FOUR. Dada Abdulla's White Elephant -- FIVE. Not a White Barrister -- SIX. Formation Lessons -- SEVEN. Waller's Question -- EIGHT. A Public Man -- NINE. To Maritzburg -- TEN. Moth and Flame -- ELEVEN. Sacrifice -- TWELVE. Transition and the Transvaal -- THIRTEEN. No Bed of Roses -- FOURTEEN. Disobedience -- FIFTEEN. Courthouse to Jailhouse -- SIXTEEN. Malpractice -- SEVENTEEN. Courtroom as Laboratory -- EIGHTEEN. Closing Arguments -- Mohandas K. Gandhi Chronology -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"In 1888, at the age of eighteen, Mohandas Gandhi sets out from his modest home in India. Shy, timid, and soft-spoken, he embarks on what he believes will be a new life abroad. Twenty-seven years later, at the age of forty-five, he returns-this time fearless, impassioned, and ready to lead his country to freedom.  What transformed him?  The law.  M. K. Gandhi, Attorney at Law is the first biography of the Mahatma's early years as a lawyer. It follows Gandhi as he embarks on a personal journey of self-discovery: from his education in Britain, through the failure of his first law practice in India, to his eventual migration to South Africa. Though he found initial success representing wealthy Indian merchants, events on the ground would come to change him.



Relentless attacks by the white colonial establishment on Indian civil rights prompted Gandhi to give up his lucrative business in favor of representing the oppressed in court. Gandhi had originally hoped that the South African legal system could be relied upon for justice. But when the courts failed to respond, he had no choice but to shift tactics, developing what would ultimately become his lasting legacy-the philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience.  As he took on the most powerful governmental, economic, and political forces of his day, Gandhi transformed himself from a modest civil rights lawyer into a tireless freedom fighter. Relying on never-before-seen archival materials, this book provides the reader with a front-row seat to the dramatic events that would alter Gandhi-and history-forever."--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954863603321

Titolo

Counsellors in health settings / / edited by Kim Etherington ; foreword by Tim Bond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001

ISBN

9781846422898

1846422892

9781417500772

1417500778

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

287 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

EtheringtonKim

Disciplina

616/.001/9

Soggetti

Health counseling

Sick - Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Counsellors in Health Settings -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: Epilogue for Paula -- Introduction -- 1 A wounded healer: From client to counsellor -- 2 Palliative care counselling: Emotional and psychological support from diagnosis to death -- 3 Working in general practice with somatisation of childhood



sexual abuse -- 4 Working as a counsellor in an NHS multidisciplinary team -- 5 Counselling children and their families in intensive care -- 6 'Awkward' clients and 'awkward' topics: Young people and sexual health -- 7 Counselling people living with HIV/AIDS -- 8 Working with people with fertility problems: A counsellor's personal experience -- 9 Riding the rollercoaster: A personal account of being counselled about fertility -- 10 Cut, burn and poison: A personal account of breast cancer -- 11 Challenges of counselling in psychiatric settings -- 12 Integrating counselling within the mental health services -- 13 Training and supervision issues for counsellors working in health settings -- Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author index.

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the experiences of counsellors themselves, this book is a comprehensive resource for counsellors working in health contexts and for the health professionals who work with them, and may take on counselling roles, which will inform and improve their work.