| Description |
1 online resource (48 video files (approximately 1469 min.)) : sound, color. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Contents |
Episode 1 The Importance of the West Episode 2 Geography Is Destiny Episode 3 Culture Is Destiny Episode 4 Renaissance Humanism - 1350 - 1650 Episode 5 Renaissance Princes - 1450 - 1600 Episode 6 The New World and the Old - 1400 - 1650 Episode 7 The Protestant Reformation - 1500 - 22 Episode 8 The Wars of Religion - 1523 - 1648 Episode 9 Rational and Scientific Revolutions - 1450 - 1650 Episode 10 French Absolutism - 1589 - 1715 Episode 11 English Constitutionalism - 1603 - 49 Episode 12 English Constitutionalism - 1649 - 89 Episode 13 War, Trade, Empire - 1688 - 1702 Episode 14 War, Trade, Empire - 1702 - 14 Episode 15 War, Trade, Empire - 1714 - 63 Episode 16 Life Under the Ancien Régime - 1689 - 1789 Episode 17 Enlightenment and Despotism Episode 18 The American Revolution Episode 19 The French Revolution - 1789 - 92 Episode 20 The French Revolution - 1792 - 1803 Episode 21 The Napoleonic Empire - 1803-15 Episode 22 Beginnings of Industrialization - 1760 - 1850 Episode 23 Consequences of Industrialization - 1760 - 1850 Episode 24 The Liberal Response - 1776 - 1861 Episode 25 The Romantic Response - 1789 - 1870 Episode 26 The Socialist Response - 1813 - 1905 Episode 27 Descent of Man; Rise of Woman - 1830 - 90 Episode 28 Nationalism - 1815 - 48 Episode 29 Nationalism - 1848 - 71 Episode 30 Imperial Rivalry - 1870 - 1914 Episode 31 Industrial Rivalry - 1870 - 1914 Episode 32 The Alliance System - 1872 - 1914 Episode 33 Decadence and Malaise - circa 1900 Episode 34 The Great War Begins - 1914 - 16 Episode 35 Breaking the Deadlock - 1915 - 17 Episode 36 The Russian Revolution - 1917 - 22 Episode 37 The End of the War - 1917 - 22 Episode 38 Recovery and Depression in the West - 1919 - 36 Episode 39 Totalitarian Russia - 1918 - 39 Episode 40 Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany - 1922 - 36 Episode 41 The Holocaust - 1933 - 45 Episode 42 The Failure of Diplomacy - 1935 - 39 Episode 43 World War II - 1939 - 42 Episode 44 World War II - 1942-45 Episode 45 American Hegemony, Soviet Challenge - 1945 - 75 Episode 46 Rebuilding Europe - 1945 - 85 Episode 47 The New Europe - 1985 - 2001 Episode 48 The Meaning of Western Civilization. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by The Great Courses. |
| Performer |
Robert Bucholz. |
| Summary |
More than just a history of Western civilization, Foundations of Western Civilization II is a course about the meaning of civilization itself. Taught by Professor Robert Bucholz, it promises profound rewards for students of history at every level, a grand narrative of the past five centuries - of social progress, political evolution, industrialization, and other economic factors. |
| Audience |
Rated TVPG. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
History, Modern.
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| Added Author |
Bucholz, Robert, actor.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT14285946 |
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