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China, triumph and turmoil. Episode 1, Emperors / [presented by Niall Ferguson] ; [produced by Chimerica Media].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Art of America.
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism--China.
- Capitalism.
- Communism--China.
- Communism.
- Economic development--China.
- Economic development.
- Confucianism--China.
- Confucianism.
- Corruption--China.
- Corruption.
- China--History.
- China.
- China--Politics and government.
- China--Economic conditions.
- China--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (48 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], c2011.
- London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- The transformation of China into a global superpower raises some of the most challenging questions of our time - and this revealing series seeks out the answers. Will this turn out to be China's century or will the Red Dragon crash and burn? Niall Ferguson travels through this vast country to find out how a fifth of humanity can live under a Communist system of government with a capitalist economy when, according to all the laws of history, it should fall apart. Held together for more than 2000 years, firstly by imperial rule and now by an imperious Communist Party, what does China stand for? Ferguson talks to the people who know - including its new billionaires, survivors of Chairman Mao's regime, ardent young nationalists and those defending China's rural poor.
- Contents:
- Statue of Liberty (1:46)
- John Sloan (2:57)
- George Bellows (2:14)
- 20th Century: Conflict in the Art World (1:07)
- Architecture: Skyscrapers (2:26)
- 20th Century Urban Disparity (1:10)
- Modern European Art in America (3:17)
- Representational Cityscape (1:08)
- Charles Sheeler (3:18)
- Industry, Greed, & Labor (1:53)
- "American Gothic" (2:41)
- Norman Rockwell' (4:36)
- Edward Hopper (3:18)
- Arshile Gorky' (2:55)
- Abstract Expressionists (1:24)
- Jackson Pollock (6:12)
- Mark Rothko (1:44)
- Rothko Chapel (3:07)
- New York City's Impact on Abstract Expressionists (2:44)
- Credits: Modern Dreams: Art of America (0:45)
- Participant:
- Presenter, Niall Ferguson.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 21, 2019).
- OCLC:
- 1084855145
- Publisher Number:
- 52437s Infobase
- 52439 Infobase
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