| Description |
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 186 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
Great courses (DVD). Modern history |
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Great courses (DVD). Modern history.
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| System Details |
DVD, full screen. |
| Note |
Includes course guidebook with biographical notes, timeline and bibliographical references. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. 1433, The great voyages of Admiral Zheng He ; 1453, The fall of Constantinople ; 1455, Gutenberg's print revolution ; 1492, The Columbian exchange ; 1600, The British East India Company ; 1648, The treaty of Westphalia -- |
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Disc 2. 1676, Van Leeuwenhoek's microscope ; 1751, Diderot's enlightenment encyclopedia ; 1787, The American experiment ; 1789, The French Revolution ; 1838, The British Slavery Abolition Act ; 1839, The opium war in China -- |
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Disc 3. 1859, Darwin and the origin of species ; 1869, Binding continents ; 1893, First women voters in New Zealand ; 1896, The invention of motion pictures ; 1903, Kitty Hawk and powered flight ; 1904, The Russo-Japanese war -- |
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Disc 4. 1928, The discovery of penicillin ; 1942, The dawn of the atom ; 1969, Walking on the moon ; 1972, China enters the world balance ; 1989, The fall of the Berlin wall ; 2004, The rise of social media. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
History, Modern.
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World history.
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History, Modern. (OCoLC)fst00958367
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World history. (OCoLC)fst01181345
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| Genre/Form |
Educational films.
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Filmed lectures.
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| Added Author |
Liulevicius, Vejas G.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781598039252 (set) |
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1598039253 (set) |
| Music No. |
8032 Teaching Company |
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PD8032 Teaching Company |
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