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Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
24 sound discs (ca. 1440 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 293 pages : illustrated ; 19 cm.)
Description
This course of 48 lectures explores the essential contours of the human experience in what has come to be called "Western civilization." From its humble beginnings in the ancient Near East to the dawn of the modern world, these presentations cover developments from about 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600.
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
528 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Presents an overview of the history of art, from prehistoric cave painting, to the Middle Ages to Pop Art, providing brief descriptions of major works of art, explanations of different art techniques, and photographs. Includes illustrated time line.
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Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
24 sound discs (ca. 24 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
People who are anonymous and whose lives are usually ignored in traditional historical accounts are no less important than more prominent individuals in influencing the flow of events. These ordinary, but often heroic, people are the focus of this course. Each of these lectures looks at history from a nontraditional perspective, that of the weak and marginalized-- the poor, sick, disabled, and elderly, as well as the refugees, slaves, women, children,...
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