| Description |
1 online resource (48 video files (approximately 1440 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Series |
The great courses. Finance & Economics |
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Great courses (DVD). Finance & Economics.
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| Contents |
Episode 1 Self-Interest, Human Survival, and History Episode 2 Marco Polo, China, and Silk Road Trade Episode 3 Manorial Society in Medieval Europe Episode 4 How Black Death Reshaped Town and Field Episode 5 Late-14th-Century Guilds and Monopolies Episode 6 European Discovery Routes Episode 7 1571 Episode 8 Old World Bourses and Market Information Episode 9 The Europeans' Plantation Labor Problem Episode 10 Adam Smith, Mercantilism, State Building Episode 11 British and Dutch Joint-Stock Companies Episode 12 Europe, the Printing Press, and Science Episode 13 The Industrious Revolution Episode 14 Why Didn't China Industrialize Earlier? Episode 15 18th-Century Agriculture and Production Episode 16 Industrial Revolution Episode 17 British Coal, Coke, and a New Age of Iron Episode 18 Power Episode 19 A Second Industrial Revolution after 1850 Episode 20 Family Labor Evolves into Factory Work Episode 21 Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Modern Firm Episode 22 19th-Century Farm Technology, Land Reform Episode 23 Speeding Up Episode 24 European Urbanization and Emigration Episode 25 Unions, Strikes, and the Haymarket Affair Episode 26 Banks, Central Banks, and Modern States Episode 27 Understanding Uneven Economic Development Episode 28 Adam Smith's Argument for Free Trade Episode 29 Middle-Class Catalogs and Mass Consumption Episode 30 Imperialism Episode 31 World War I Episode 32 Russia's Marxist-Leninist Experiment Episode 33 The Trouble with the Gold Standard Episode 34 Tariffs, Cartels, and John Maynard Keynes Episode 35 Japanese Expansionism Episode 36 U.S. Aid and a Postwar Economic Miracle Episode 37 Colonialism and the Independence Movement Episode 38 Japan, the Transistor, and Asia's Tigers Episode 39 The Welfare State Episode 40 The End of American Exceptionalism? Episode 41 Middle East Episode 42 Germany, the European Union, and the Euro Episode 43 Free Trade Episode 44 Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and the Soviet Decline Episode 45 Half the World Left behind in Poverty Episode 46 China, India Episode 47 The Information Economy Episode 48 Leverage with Globalization in Its Grip. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Donald J. Harreld, Brigham Young University. |
| Summary |
Economics created our world. As the process through which societies provide for their citizens, it has driven everything from trade and politics to warfare and diplomacy. There's not a single aspect of history that has not been influenced by economics. Discover a riveting, centuries-long story of power, glory, and ideology that reveals how economic ideas emerged, evolved, and thrived or died. |
| Audience |
Rated TVPG. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Economic history.
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| Added Author |
hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT11948748 |
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