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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Glide into the age of Romanticism, when poets surpassed politicians in setting national agendas. In this lecture, after considering the distinction between civil and ethnic nationalism, you’ll study a number of 19th-century revolutions that swept across the region—and reflect how defeat in these revolutions paved the way for empires..
82) Lady Gregory
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Lady Gregory was one of the most important figures of the Irish Revival, and she had an astonishing impact on the movement. Born into the Protestant landowner class and widowed at age 39, she took an anthropological interest in Irish folk life and stories. Here, review her major works and her influence on Yeats.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Continue your study of World War II from the Eastern European perspective. Here, you’ll see how Hitler caught Stalin off guard with a surprise attack, causing the Soviet Union to join the Allies. Nevertheless, Stalin had his own plans to expand the Soviet sphere of influence. Meanwhile, in the Balkans, communist partisans had other ideas..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Examine the many waves of people who settled Eastern Europe during the ancient and medieval worlds. Ethnic groups including Germanic tribes, Slavic peoples, the Vikings, the Mongols, and many more created a diversity of language and culture. Meanwhile, the mix of Christians, Jews, and Muslims led to the region’s first political strife—and laid the groundwork for the modern era..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Lady Gregory, Yeats, and others recognized the need for a national Irish theater. Witness the founding of this great project in 1897, and meet some of the Abbey Theatre’s early playwrights. Professor Conner connects this beacon of Irish cultural heritage to the changing political landscape of the early 20th century.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After the war, the West saw a measure of stability, whereas Eastern Europe was chaotic as displaced populations and refugees shifted among new political territories in the wake of the Yalta and Potsdam conferences. Witness the travails of some of these populations, including ethnic Germans, refugees from Soviet rule, and Jews who couldn’t return to their former communities..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This lecture examines the notion of the “self-made man” as it pervaded Gilded Age America. Investigate why this idea took on unprecedented popularity in the 19th century, how it was strongly promoted by figures from Horatio Alger to Andrew Carnegie, and explore how the ideal became entwined with social Darwinism..
89) World War II
Publisher
Media Rich
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The seeds of World War II were sown in the dark days of depression following the first world conflict. While the United States chose a course of isolationism, escalating aggression in Europe and Asia threatened world stability. Without warning, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor pushed the reluctant U.S. into war. The bloody conflict would span the globe and trigger political, social and military repercussions that would resonate through the twentieth...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Revisit Synge and examine his role as a dramatist, which developed quickly after his experiences with the Aran Islands. Through studies of In the Shadow of the Glen and Riders to the Sea, you’ll appreciate the impressive range of this playwright. Find out why his portrayals of Irish country life were not always well received.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Take an archaeological tour of Eastern Europe in the wake of the communist collapse. After considering the region’s tattered economy, you’ll look at some of the secrets that emerged with the fall of the USSR and the release of Stasi files. Then consider the shift of identity that took place thanks to redrawn borders and new national entities..
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Las Vegas...Sin City...There is no place like it on earth. The adult playground in the Sun... The country s greatest resort city... the gambling capital of the world...A place of casinos...Home of the famous, and infamous Strip. It is a city where for the right price every kind of entertainment is available for everyone and anyone at any time... It is a city that never sleeps. But it is also a uniquely American city...A Western city ... A desert city....
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In this first of two lectures about Joyce’s first novel, encounter the ways that Parnell, the Home Rule movement, the Catholic Church, and other themes from the era’s history are key to understanding his Bildungsroman. Review some of the most important scenes in the first half of the book.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Witness how the Progressive movement took shape in the late 19th century, fueled by alarm over the unbridled power of large corporations. Grasp the era’s new definition of American economic freedom, and examine actions taken under presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson to dismantle railroad, meatpacking, and oil trusts, and to reform banking and taxation..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Go inside daily life in Eastern Europe during the peak of the Cold War. After reviewing the dire economy, Professor Liulevicius delves into the apparatus of state control. Find out how secret police forces such as the East German Stasi and the Romanian Securitate oppressed ordinary citizens through surveillance and a culture of fear..
Publisher
Media Rich
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Roaring Twenties was a decade of startling contrasts. World War I was over. Women got the right to vote, they cut their hair, and their skirts. Alcohol was outlawed and speakeasies and bootlegging filled the void. Babe Ruth was king of the ballpark while Charles Lindbergh ruled the air. It was a period of great economic growth and social transformation, nestled between a Great War and a Great Depression..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Trace the process by which the U.S. rose from developing nation status in 1865 to become the world’s greatest industrial power by 1900. Study the unfolding of the American industrial revolution; the advent of big business in the railroad, steel, and oil industries; and the concurrent explosion of consumerism and advertising..
98) Finnegans Wake
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Dive headfirst into the complex, confusing, circular dream world of Finnegans Wake, Joyce’s final book. Professor Conner gives you a way into the work—which ostensibly tells the dream of a Dublin pub owner and family man—and you’ll come away with an understanding of how Joyce tapped into the mythic patterns of life within Ireland.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
As one of the true geniuses of Irish drama, Sean O’Casey is a master of the tragicomedy, bringing Ireland’s working class to life. Here, you’ll study three of his plays from the 1920s and find out not only what makes him a great writer, but also how history shaped the drama he produced.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union are two of the most iconic moments in modern history. Trace the events leading up to these moments, from the newly free elections in Poland to the botched press release in East Germany that led to the opening of borders..
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