1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002829409707536

Autore

De Michele, Nicola

Titolo

I francescani in capitanata : atti del convegno di studi : San Marco in Lamis, convento di S. Matteo, 24-25 ottobre 1980 / a cura di Tommaso Nardella, P. Mario Villani, P. Nicola De Michele

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bari : M. Adda, 1982

Descrizione fisica

319 p. ; 24 cm.

Altri autori (Persone)

Nardella, Tommaso

Villani, Mario

Soggetti

Congressi - S. Marco in Lamis

Francescanesimo - Capitanata

Capitanata - Francescanesimo

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910829079203321

Autore

Dewey Clive

Titolo

Anglo-Indian attitudes : the mind of the Indian Civil Service / / Clive Dewey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Rio Grande : , : Hambledon Press, , 1993

ISBN

1-283-20175-5

9786613201751

0-8264-3254-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

354.54006/09

Soggetti

Civil service - India - History

India Politics and government 1765-1947

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 (pages [255]-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Glossary; 1.The British Mandarins; Frank Brayne and the Gospel of Uplift; Malcolm Darling and the Cult of Friendship; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the years between the Indian Mutiny and Independence in 1947 the Indian Civil Service was the most powerful body of officials in the English-speaking world. About 300,000,000 Indians, a sixth of the human race, were ruled by 1000 Civilians. With Whitehall 8000 miles away and the peasantry content with their decisions, they had the freedom to translate ideas into action. This work explores the use they made of their power by examining the beliefs of two middle-ranking Civilians. It shows, in detail, how they put into practice values which they acquired from their parents, their teachers and