A brief history of the world [videorecording] Peter N. Stearns.
Thirty-six lectures that provide a survey of the expanse of human development and civilization across the globe, beginning with the invention of agriculture in the Neolithic era and ending with the urbanized, technologically sophisticated world of the 21st century.
Record details
- ISBN: 1598033255
- ISBN: 9781598033250
- Physical Description: 18 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 course guidebooks (22 cm.).
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2007]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Course guidebooks include lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. lecture 1. What and why is world history? ; lecture 2. The Neolithic revolution ; lecture 3. What is a civilization? ; lecture 4. The Classical period in world history ; lecture 5. Cultural change in the Classical period ; lecture 6. Social inequalities in Classical societies ; lecture 7. The Roman Empire and Han China ; lecture 8. The Silk Road ; Classical period contacts ; lecture 9. The decline of the Classical civilizations ; lecture 10. The Postclassical period, 500-1450 ; lecture 11. World religions and their consequences ; lecture 12. The impact of Islam -- Part 2. lecture 13. Postclassical trade and contacts ; lecture 14. Postclassical patterns of imitation ; lecture 15. Western civilization in world context ; lecture 16. The Mongol years ; lecture 17. Civilizations in the Americas and in Africa ; lecture 18. The world in 1450 ; lecture 19. The early modern period, 1450-1750 ; lecture 20. The world economy, 1450-1750 ; lecture 21. Transformations in Western Europe ; lecture 22. The rise of Russia ; lecture 23. Asian Empires and a Shogunate ; lecture 24. The long 19th century -- Part 3. lecture 25. Abolition of slavery and serfdom ; lecture 26. Modernization and nationalisms ; lecture 27. Formation of Latin American civilization ; lecture 28. China and Japan : 19th century pressures ; lecture 29. The 20th-21st centuries as a new period ; lecture 30. The world economy : change and continuity ; lecture 31. An age of revolutions ; lecture 32. The United States in world history ; lecture 33. Contemporary democracy ; lecture 34. Contemporary cultural change ; lecture 35. Gender in contemporary world history ; lecture 36. Globalization and world history. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Lecturer: Peter N. Stearns, George Mason University. |
| System Details Note: | Compact disc. |
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| Subject: | World history. |
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- 2 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Part | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison-Mayodan Public Library | bot rotation 3 (909) (Text) | 31554009927533 | Adult Audiobook | Available | - | |
| South Buncombe/Skyland Library | GC 909 STE CD 37479 SBUN (Text) | Part 1 | 0020508577333 | Adult Nonfiction Display | Checked out | 05/14/2025 |
| South Buncombe/Skyland Library | GC 909 STE CD 37480 SBUN (Text) | Part 2 | 0020508577341 | Adult Nonfiction Display | Checked out | 05/14/2025 |
| South Buncombe/Skyland Library | GC 909 STE CD 37481 SBUN (Text) | Part 3 | 0020508577572 | Adult Nonfiction Display | Available | - |
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