1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004862440403321

Autore

Lepper, Francis Alfred

Titolo

Trajan's parthian war / by F.A. Lepper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Oxford University Press [etc.], 1948

Descrizione fisica

XV, 224 p., [1] c. geo. ; 23 cm

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

XII I 7

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963140003321

Autore

Stein Burton <1926-1996.>

Titolo

A history of India / / Burton Stein; edited by David Arnold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

9781444323511

1444323512

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxii, 444 p. : ill., maps

Collana

The Blackwell history of the world

Altri autori (Persone)

ArnoldDavid <1946->

Disciplina

954

Soggetti

India -- History

India History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A HISTORY OF INDIA, Second Edition -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- MAPS -- SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION TO BURTON STEIN'S A HISTORY OF INDIA -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO FIRST EDITION -- PART I -- 1: INTRODUCTION -- THE PHYSICAL SETTING -- THE SOCIAL SETTING -- RESITUATING COMMUNITIES AND STATES -- HISTORIAN'S CHOICE -- PART II: Ancient India -- CHRONOLOGY OF



PART II -- 2: ANCIENT DAYS -- THE PRE-FORMATION OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION -- VEDIC CULTURE -- POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS -- RELIGION IN THE LATER VEDIC PERIOD -- THE NATURE OF THE MAURYAN KINGDOM -- TOWARDS THE CLASSICAL PATTERN -- EARLY HINDUISM -- DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SOUTH -- THE AGE OF THE EARLY EMPIRES -- THE GUPTA CLASSICAL PATTERN -- THE CLASSICAL PATTERN ELABORATED AND EXTENDED: THE SOUTH -- PART III: Medieval and Early Modern India -- CHRONOLOGY OF PART III -- 3: MEDIEVAL INDIA -- INTRODUCTION -- MEDIEVAL KINGDOMS -- THE ROLE OF THE SOUTHERN KINGDOMS -- THE ADVENT OF ISLAM -- THE INDIAN DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAM -- THE DECCAN AND THE SOUTH -- VIJAYANAGARA -- STATES AND COMMUNITIES -- 4: EARLY MODERN INDIA -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MUGHAL EMPIRE -- THE WARS OF THE MUGHAL SUCCESSION -- THE LAST ACT OF THE MUGHALS -- THE MARATHA MOMENT -- THE SHADOW OF EUROPE -- 5: THE EAST INDIA COMPANY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE JOINT TRAJECTORY OF DEVELOPMENT -- THE COMPANY PERPETUATES THE PAST -- THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW ORDER -- MUTINY AND REVOLT -- LATE COMPANY RULE -- PART IV: Contemporary South Asia -- CHRONOLOGY OF PART IV -- 6: THE CROWN REPLACES THE COMPANY -- THE CONTEMPORARY STATE -- AFTER THE MUTINY -- THE RULE OF THE RAJ -- THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- CULTURAL CHANGE, EDUCATION AND NEW CLASSES -- THE POLITICIZATION OF CLASS, CASTE AND GENDER -- 7: TOWARDS FREEDOM -- TWO TYPES OF NATIONALISM -- EARLY CONGRESS AND ITS ADVERSARIES.

WAR, SACRIFICE AND MASS POLITICAL MOBILIZATION -- IMPERIALISM'S PARADOXICAL ENEMY -- THE FIRST CAMPAIGNS -- BETWEEN CAMPAIGNS -- CONDITIONS FOR A NEW POLITICS -- 8: GANDHI'S TRIUMPH -- CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE -- THE LEFT IN POLITICS -- THE RIGHT PREVAILS -- WAR AND THE LAST ACT BEGINS -- THE BITTER VICTORY OF PARTITION -- 9: NEW STATES, OLD NATIONS -- TERRITORIAL PASSAGE -- THE PROMISES OF INDEPENDENCE -- PAKISTAN IN PARALLEL -- THE GREEN REVOLUTION: PROMISE OF PLENTY -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, OLD AND NEW -- THE CONDITION OF WOMEN: BROKEN PROMISES -- COMMUNAL POLITICS: SHATTERED PLURALISM -- INDIA AND THE WORLD -- PROMISES KEPT, PROMISES BROKEN -- 10: ANOTHER INDIA -- THE NEHRUVIAN CONSENSUS -- ERODING CONSENSUS -- FAILURE ON THE LEFT -- HINDU NATIONALISM -- RISE OF THE HINDU RIGHT -- ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION -- THE INDIAN STATE -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY OF NON-ENGLISH TERMS -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

This new edition of Burton Stein's classic A History of India builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of Indian society, culture, and politics from 7000 BC to the present. New edition of Burton Stein's classic text provides a narrative from 7000 BC up to the twenty-first century Includes updated and extended coverage of the modern period, with a new chapter covering the death of Nehru in 1964 to the present Expands coverage of India's internal political and economic development, and its wider diplomatic role in the region Features a new introduction, updated glossary and further reading sections, and numerous figures, photographs and fully revised maps.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910311927203321

Titolo

Analysis of current trends in antisemitism

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2018]-

ISSN

2568-9347

Soggetti

Antisemitism

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Previously published as monograph series.

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962296103321

Titolo

Action & self-development : theory and research through the life span / / Jochen Brandtstadter, Richard M. Lerner, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : Sage Publications, c1999

ISBN

9781322418209

1322418209

9781452261997

1452261997

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 540 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

BrandtstädterJochen

LernerRichard M

Disciplina

155.25

Soggetti

Action theory

Intentionalism

Maturation (Psychology)

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 indexes.



Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction: Development, Action, and Intentionality; Part I - Development as a Personal and Social Construction; Chapter 1 - Revisiting Individuals as Producers of their Development: From Dynamic Interactionism to Developmental Systems; Chapter 2 - The Self in Action and Development: Cultural, Biosocial, and Ontogenetic Bases of Intentional Self-Development; Chapter 3 - Selectivity in Life-Span Development: Biological and Societal Canalizations and Individuals' Developmental Goals; Chapter 4 - Freedom isn't Free: Power, Alienation, and the Consequences of Action

Chapter 5 - The Dynamic Codevelopment of Intentionality, Self, and Social RelationsPart II - Designing Personal Development: Goals, Plans, and Future Selves; Chapter 6 - The Pursuit of Personal Goals: A Motivational Approach to Well-being and Life Adjustment; Chapter 7 - Personal Projects and Social Ecology: Themes and Variations across the Life Span; Chapter 8 - Life Planning: Anticipating Future Life Goals and Managing Personal Development; Chapter 9 - The Process of Meaning Construction: Dissecting the Flow of Semiotic Activity

Chapter 10 - A Motivational-Volitional Perspective on Identity DevelopmentChapter 11 - Free Fantasies about the Future and the Emergence of Developmental Goals; Part III - Resilience and Efficacy across the Life Span; Chapter 12 - Psychological Control in Later Life: Implications for Life-Span Development; Chapter 13 - Intentional Self-Development through Adulthood and Later Life: Tenacious Pursuit and Flexible Adjustment of Goals; Chapter 14 - Successful Development and Aging: The Role of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation

Chapter 15 - Emotional Learning and Mechanisms of Intentional Psychological ChangeChapter 16 - Action Regulation, Coping, and Development; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This text explores the theoretical breadth of models and ideas relevant to action theory. Areas addresssed include personal goals, projects, life themes, life planning, cultural agency and historical and social contexts impact developmental patterns.