| Description |
6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 134 pages ; 19 cm). |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD rda |
| Series |
Great courses. Modern history |
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Great courses (DVD). Modern history.
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| Contents |
Disc 1. The sun never set -- The challenge to Spain in the New World -- African slavery and the West Indies -- Imperial beginnings in India -- Clive and the conquest of India -- Wolfe and the conquest of Canada -- Disc 2. The loss of the American colonies -- Exploring the planet -- Napoleon challenges the empire -- The other side of the world -- Abolition of the slave trade and slavery -- Early African colonies -- Disc 3. China and the Opium Wars -- Britain : the imperial center -- Ireland : the tragic relationship -- India and the "great game' -- Rebellion and mutiny in India -- How Canada became a nation -- Disc 4. The exploration and settlement of Africa -- Gold, greed, and geopolitics in Africa -- The empire in literature -- Economics and theories of empire --The British Empire fights imperial Germany -- Versailles and disillusionment -- Disc 5. Ireland divided -- Cricket and the British Empire -- British India between the World Wars -- World War II : England alone -- World War II : the Pyrrhic victory -- Twilight of the Raj -- Israel, Egypt, and the Suez Canal -- The decolonization of Africa -- The white dominions -- Britain after the empire -- Colonial and postcolonial literature -- Epitaph and legacy. |
| Performer |
Patrick N. Allitt, lecturer. |
| Summary |
Professor Patrick N. Allitt, Emory University, delivers lectures on the history of the British Empire. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Subject |
Imperialism -- History.
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Decolonization.
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British colonies. |
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Decolonization. |
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Imperialism. |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
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Commonwealth countries -- History.
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Great Britain -- History.
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| Genre |
History.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781598035858 |
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1598035851 |
| Music No. |
8480 The Teaching Company |
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PD8480A (disc) |
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ID8480A (container) |
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PB8480A (book) |
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