Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World. Season 1
(2006)

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : The Great Courses, 2006
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1 online resource (48 video files (approximately 1469 min.)) : sd., col

ISBN/ISSN
MWT14285946, 14285946
LANGUAGE
English
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Directed by The Great Courses

Robert Bucholz

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

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Mode of access: World Wide Web

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 & the Old - 1400 - 1650

Episode 7

The Protestant Reformation - 1500 - 22

Episode 8

The Wars of Religion - 1523 - 1648

Episode 9

Rational & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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

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