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245 0 4 _aThe Western tradition
_h[videorecording] /
_cproduced by WGBH ; in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art ; [for] the Annenberg/CPB Project ; executive producer, Fred Barzyk.
260 _aSo. Burlington, Vermont :
_bThe Annenberg/CPB Collection,
_c1989.
300 _a52 programs (ca. 28 min. each) on 14 videocassettes :
_bsd., col. ;
_c1/2 in.
440 4 _aThe Annenberg/CPB collection.
500 _a52 half-hour programs scheduled for weekly broadcasts on PBS stations beginning September 1989.
505 0 _a[Tape 1]. 1. The dawn of history ; 2. The ancient Egyptians ; 3. Mesopotamia ; 4. From bronze to iron -- [tape 2]. 5. The rise of Greek civilization ; 6. Greek thought ; 7. Alexander the Great ; 8. The Hellenistic age -- [tape 3]. 9. The rise of Rome. ; 10. The Roman Empire ; 11. Early christianity ; 12. The rise of the church -- [tape 4]. 13. The decline of Rome ; 14. The fall of Rome ; 15. The Byzantine Empire ; 16. The fall of Byzantium -- [tape 5]. 17. The dark ages ; 18. The age of Charlemagne ; 19. The middle ages ; 20. The feudal order -- [tape 6]. 21. Common life in the middle ages ; 22. Cities and cathedrals ; 23. The late middle ages ; 24. National monarchies -- [tape 7]. 25. The Renaissance and the Age of Discovery ; 26. The Renaissance and the New World -- [tape 8]. 27. The reformation ; 28. Rise of the middle class ; 29. The wars of religion ; 30. The rise of the trading cities.
505 0 _a[Tape 9]. 31. The age of absolutism ; 32. Absolutism and the social contract ; 33. The enlightened despots ; 24. The enlightenment -- [tape 10]. 35. The Enlightenment and society ; 36. The modern philosophers ; 37. The American Revolution ; 38. The American republic -- [tape 11]. 39. The death of the Old Regime ; 40. The French Revolution ; 41. The industrial revolution ; 42. The industrial world -- [tape 12]. 43. Revolution and romantics ; 44. The age of the nation-states ; 45. A new public ; 46. Fin de siĆ¢ecle -- [tape 13]. 47. The First World War and the rise of fascism ; 48. The Second World War ; 49. The Cold War ; 50. The Third World -- [tape 14]. 51. The technological revolution ; 52. Toward the future.
511 0 _aLecturer, Eugen Weber.
520 _aA television college course which explores the cultural and philosophical movements that have influenced the Western world from ancient times to the present. Images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art protray key events in the development of Western thought, culture , and tradition.
538 _aVHS format.
546 _aClosed captioned for the hearing impaired.
650 4 _aCivilization, Western
_xHistory.
650 4 _aCivilization, Western.
650 4 _aHistory, Ancient.
650 4 _aHistory, Modern.
650 4 _aMiddle Ages
_xHistory.
700 1 _aBarzyk, Fred.
700 1 _aWeber, Eugen Joseph,
_d1925-
710 2 2 _aAnnenberg/CPB Project.
710 2 2 _aMetropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
710 2 2 _aWGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
740 0 2 _aTitle anals online.
951 _pV-1880
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_d2000-12-21
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