Catalog Search Results
Language
English
Description
"This course is a set of 36 lectures exploring world history through the study of great events that have shaped history. The course rests on the conviction that history is not the story of anonymous social and economic movements. History is made by great individuals, great ideas, and great events."--p.1 of course guidebook.
Language
English
Description
History is made not only by kings, queens, presidents, and generals, but equally by inventors and the technological powers they unleash. This course explores the inventions that have changed the world from prehistoric times to the 21st century. Along with recounting famous inventions such as the steam engine, airplane, atomic bomb and computer chip, these lectures explore a number of surprising innovations, including beer, pagodas, indoor plumbing...
Language
English
Description
Turning Points in American History is your chance to relive the most powerful and groundbreaking moments in the fascinating story of the United States of America. These 48 lectures, delivered by masterful historian and dynamic Professor Edward T. O'Donnell of College of the Holy Cross, offer you a different perspective on the sweeping narrative of U. S. history. Spanning the arrival of the first English colonists to the chaos of the Civil War to the...
Language
English
Description
"Many of the most decisive turning points in the history of the world have been battles. More than just conflicts between armies, such moments often represent fundamental clashes among rival religions; cultures; and social, political, and economic systems. The outcomes of these battles have dramatically transformed and shaped the course of history, often sending it on unexpected or completely new paths. This course examines more than three dozen such...
Language
English
Description
To witness how European civilization developed is to understand why and how the entire Western world became who and what it is. Such an understanding is essential if you are to have a nuanced grasp of the important events that dominate the daily news. In short, and in almost every way that matters, historical Europe was the laboratory in which the world you now live in was conceived and tested. And you'll be living with the consequences of those experiments...
13) Great presidents
Language
English
Description
American University professor Allan J. Lichtman delivers forty-eight lectures on twelve of America's presidents.
Language
English
Description
Using a distinctly European perspective (in which the United States is a supporting player instead of a main character), this course provides a fresh lens through which to study the European Theater's major battles, larger-than-life personalities, twists of fate, and tales of intrigue.
Language
English
Description
"Great Courses and The Teaching Company pair with the Smithsonian for a tour of American history. The Smithsonian is a repository of America's history, achievements, aspirations, and identity. It holds the artifacts of great leaders, and those of ordinary Americans. It houses scientific specimens and technological wonders. It is home to art, music, films, writings -- a vast treasure trove of objects of extraordinary beauty and outstanding design....
Language
English
Description
Since 1440, crucial turning points have jolted the world's modern history. These critical moments, and the waves of change they unleash, have defined what makes modern history different from all that preceded it. Our course tracks these crucial turning points in the areas of politics, scientific development, social transformation, technological innovation, startling intellectual challenges, economic advance, and military triumph and disaster.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase. Submit Request