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History and Language host/director, Howard Burton ; Ideas Roadshow is produced in association with Open Agenda Publishing
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and history.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Genre:
- Documentary films
- Nonfiction films
- Short films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (26 min., 5 sec.)) sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] Grasshopper Film [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English, with English subtitles
- System Details:
- digital
- sound
- video file
- Summary:
- Five historians describe how studying language - its place in society, the way it is used and has developed over time - can improve our understanding of different historical periods. Featured are: David Armitage (Harvard University), John Dunn (University of Cambridge), Martin Jay (UC Berkeley), Maria Mavroudi (UC Berkeley), Darrin McMahon (Dartmouth College)
- Participant:
- Darrin McMahon, David Armitage, Howard Burton, John Dunn, Maria Mavroudi, Martin Jay
- Credits:
- Editor, Ruth Barnwood ; cameraman and video editing, Taylor DeCelles ; music, Luke Mulholland
- Notes:
- Originally produced by Ideas Roadshow in 2017
- Description based on online resource; title and statement of responsibility from title screen and end credits (viewed 2024 August 25)
- OCLC:
- 1455084870
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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