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Foundations of Western civilization II : a history of the modern Western world. Part 1 of 4 / Robert Bucholz.
LIBRA DVD 019 476 discs 1-2 + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Bucholz, R. O., 1958- author, speaker.
- Series:
- Great courses (DVD). Modern history
- The great courses
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Western--History.
- Civilization, Western.
- History.
- Civilization, Classical--History.
- Civilization, Classical.
- Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.
- Greece.
- Civilization.
- Rome--Civilization.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Middle East--Civilization--To 622.
- Middle East.
- Genre:
- Educational films.
- Lectures.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 80 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm).
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Library edition.
- Other Title:
- History of the modern Western world
- Place of Publication:
- Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2006]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Americans are all, to a greater or lesser extent, inhabitants of a land shaped by the last five centuries of Western history and culture. Explores the ideas, events, and characters that molded Western political, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, scientific, technological, and economic history during the tumultuous period between the 16th and 20th centuries.
- Contents:
- disc 1. The importance of the West ; Geography is destiny ; Culture is destiny ; Renaissance humanism: 1350-1650 ; Renaissance prices: 1450-1600 ; The new world & the old: 1400-1650
- disc 2. The Protestant Reformation: 1500-22 ; The wars of religion: 1523-1648 ; Rational & scientific revolutions: 1450-1650 ; French absolutism: 1589-1715 ; English constitutionalism: 1603-49 ; English constitutionalism: 1649-89.
- Participant:
- Lecturer: Professor Robert Bucholz, Associate Professor of History at Loyola University of Chicago.
- Notes:
- Title and credits from container.
- Lecture transcript includes full text of the lectures, readings, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliographical references. Course guidebook presents outlines and other material in a condensed format for easy reference.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Lectures 1-12 of 48.
- ISBN:
- 1598031767
- 9781598031768
- OCLC:
- 191225572
- Publisher Number:
- PD8700-01 Teaching Company
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