LEADER 04150nam 2200613 450 001 9910452813903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-520-95662-1 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520956629 035 $a(CKB)2550000001125897 035 $a(EBL)1375716 035 $a(OCoLC)859247243 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001037171 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12407871 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037171 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11042403 035 $a(PQKB)11523415 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1375716 035 $a(DE-B1597)519957 035 $a(OCoLC)858875642 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520956629 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1375716 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10773729 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL526538 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001125897 100 $a20130617d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aM.K. Gandhi, attorney at law $ethe man before the Mahatma /$fCharles R. DiSalvo 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (387 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-28015-6 311 $a1-299-95287-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tcontents -- $tIntroduction -- $tONE. Dispatched to London -- $tTWO. The Barrister Who Couldn't Speak -- $tTHREE. An Abundant and Regular Supply of Labour -- $tFOUR. Dada Abdulla's White Elephant -- $tFIVE. Not a White Barrister -- $tSIX. Formation Lessons -- $tSEVEN. Waller's Question -- $tEIGHT. A Public Man -- $tNINE. To Maritzburg -- $tTEN. Moth and Flame -- $tELEVEN. Sacrifice -- $tTWELVE. Transition and the Transvaal -- $tTHIRTEEN. No Bed of Roses -- $tFOURTEEN. Disobedience -- $tFIFTEEN. Courthouse to Jailhouse -- $tSIXTEEN. Malpractice -- $tSEVENTEEN. Courtroom as Laboratory -- $tEIGHTEEN. Closing Arguments -- $tMohandas K. Gandhi Chronology -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tSources -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $a"In 1888, at the age of eighteen, Mohandas Gandhi sets out from his modest home in India. Shy, timid, and soft-spoken, he embarks on what he believes will be a new life abroad. Twenty-seven years later, at the age of forty-five, he returns-this time fearless, impassioned, and ready to lead his country to freedom. What transformed him? The law. M. K. Gandhi, Attorney at Law is the first biography of the Mahatma's early years as a lawyer. It follows Gandhi as he embarks on a personal journey of self-discovery: from his education in Britain, through the failure of his first law practice in India, to his eventual migration to South Africa. Though he found initial success representing wealthy Indian merchants, events on the ground would come to change him. Relentless attacks by the white colonial establishment on Indian civil rights prompted Gandhi to give up his lucrative business in favor of representing the oppressed in court. Gandhi had originally hoped that the South African legal system could be relied upon for justice. But when the courts failed to respond, he had no choice but to shift tactics, developing what would ultimately become his lasting legacy-the philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience. As he took on the most powerful governmental, economic, and political forces of his day, Gandhi transformed himself from a modest civil rights lawyer into a tireless freedom fighter. Relying on never-before-seen archival materials, this book provides the reader with a front-row seat to the dramatic events that would alter Gandhi-and history-forever."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aLawyers$zIndia$vBiography 607 $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government$y1836-1909 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLawyers 676 $a340.092 676 $aB 700 $aDiSalvo$b Charles R.$f1948-$01035299 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452813903321 996 $aM.K. Gandhi, attorney at law$92454925 997 $aUNINA