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The rise and fall of the British Empire / Patrick N. Allitt.
Audiobook on CD/MP3
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2009
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| Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department | DVD 941 RISE DISC 1-6 | Check Shelf | ||
| Plainville Public Library - Adult Department | CD-BOOK 941 ALLITT 18 DISCS & 1 BOOKLET | Check Shelf |
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18 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 134 pages ; 19 cm.).
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The great courses
Great courses (Compact disc)
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Lectures.
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Patrick N. Allitt, lecturer.
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Compact discs.
In 3 containers (19 cm.).
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| Summary |
Professor Patrick N. Allitt, Emory University, delivers thirty-six lectures on the history of the British Empire.
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"Course No. 8480."
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. lecture 1. The sun never set -- lecture 2. The challenge to Spain in the New World -- lecture 3. African slavery and the West Indies -- lecture 4. Imperial beginnings in India -- lecture 5. Clive and the conquest of India -- lecture 6. Wolfe and the conquest of Canada -- lecture 7. The loss of the American colonies -- lecture 8. Exploring the planet -- lecture 9. Napoleon challenges the empire -- lecture 10. The other side of the world -- lecture 11. Abolition of the slave trade and slavery -- lecture 12. Early African colonies.
Pt. 2. lecture 13. China and the opium wars -- lecture 14. Britain : the imperial center -- lecture 15. Ireland : the tragic relationship -- lecture 16. India and the "great game" -- lecture 17. Rebellion and mutiny in India -- lecture 18. How Canada became a nation -- lecture 19. The exploration and settlement of Africa -- lecture 20. Gold, greed, and geopolitics in Africa -- lecture 21. The empire in literature -- lecture 22. Economics and theories of empire -- lecture 23. The British Empire fights imperial Germany -- lecture 24. Versailles and the disillusionment.
Pt. 3. lecture 25. Ireland divided -- lecture 26. Cricket and the British Empire -- lecture 27. British India between the world wars -- lecture 28. World War II : England alone -- lecture 29. World War II : the Pyrrhic victory -- lecture 30. Twilight of the Raj -- lecture 31. Israel, Egypt, and the Suez Canal -- lecture 32. The decolonization of Africa -- lecture 33. The white dominions -- lecture 34. Britain after the empire -- lecture 35. Colonial and postcolonial literature -- lecture 36. Epitaph and legacy.
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GMD: sound recording.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1598035843
9781598035841
159803586X (guidebooks)
9781598035865 (guidebooks)
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| Music No. |
8480 Teaching Co.
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