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Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
Examines the fundamental question of our times: why was the 20th century so violent? It looks at the ideologies that promised utopias and total solutions to social problems and relates the terrible human toll of attempts to realize these ideas.
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A look at Lee and many of the top generals during the years of the Confederacy. Professor Gallagher analyses the generalship of Lee and 13 other generals. The lectures also focus on some younger officers who rose through the ranks as well as Jackson, Longstreet and Early.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Europe's 19th century, is often broadly defined as the period from the French Revolution to World War I, forming the foundation of the modern world. The course moves from the impact of both the French and Industrial Revolutions in the period from 1789-1848, into the so-called "unifications" of Italy and Germany in the 1850s and 1860s, followed by the spread of industrialism and nationalism into the furthest reaches of Europe toward the end of the...
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
These 36 half-hour lectures are your initiation into the geological world that lies just outside your door. "The Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology" introduces you to physical geology, the study of Earth's minerals, rocks, soils, and the processes that operate on them through time.
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
In thirty-six each half hour lectures, Professor Sam Wang explores the science and mystery of the human nervous system, from essential neurochemical and neurobiological processes to the psychological and social constructs they are thought to produce.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"This course explores the history of how humans have produced, cooked, and consumed food--from the earliest hunting-and-gathering societies to the present. This course examines how civilizations and their foodways have been shaped by geography, native flora and fauna, and technological innovations."--Page 1 of guidebook.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"This course is a journey through the cities of Europe in the Middle Ages to visit 12 of the most diverse and interesting survivals from that long ago time. You will learn about the most important medieval buildings or neighborhoods and the social, political, and economic structures underlying these leading towns. You'll be engaged by legends and stories that will make each city come alive. The course is designed to take you into the past - to feel...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Professor Calhoone explores modern and contemporary western philosophy of reality (metaphysics) and knowledge (epistemology), from the 17th to the 20th century, spanning movements such as empircism, rationalism, idealism, philosophy of language, logical positivism, existentialism, pragmatism, phenomenology, and postmodernism.
Series
Great courses volume 3032
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This epic travel adventure from The Great Courses and Smithsonian's travel arm, Smithsonian Journeys, delivers a feast of cultural and historical riches."--From container.
Author
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Experience for yourself the high-stakes drama, scientific detective work, and medical insights of life in an everyday emergency department. By the end of this 24-lecture rotation, you'll have a stronger knowledge of, and greater respect for, emergency medicine and the brave doctors who practice it.
20) Norse mythology
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Think you know Thor? Loki? The Valkyries? Think again. Packed with gods, anti-gods, magical figures, human heroes, religious practices, and literary devices, the 24 lectures of Norse Mythology lay bare the reasons for our enduring fascination with Norse myths. Jackson Crawford also connects the dots between the Icelandic sagas of human heroes and the culture and worldview of the pre-modern Scandinavian peoples."
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