| Description |
1 online resource (48 video files (approximately 1469 min.)) : sd., col |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Credits |
Directed by The Great Courses |
| Performer |
Robert Bucholz |
| Notes |
Rated TVPG |
| Subject |
History, Modern.
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History, Modern
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Bucholz, Robert, actor
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hoopla digital
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