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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Library edition.
Language
English
Description
Professor Jonathan Steinberg uses individual lives to explain a great historical transformation. Examines the development of the modern world with a focus on the Industrial Revolution and its explosion of science and technology. Also examines the birth of modern democracy.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
An analysis of the classic work Confessions by St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430). Includes Roman history and Christian controversries at the time and background for understanding the book. Also discusses its ongoing usefulness and how it may serve as a guide despite the obvious diffrence between Augustine's world and ours.
11) Emperors of Rome
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A series of biographic portraits of Roman emperors, from Augustus Caesar to Constantine. Fagan discusses the emperors' characters, the reliability of historical sources, the role of women in the imperial court, the relationship of the emperor to different groups in Roman society, the Roman political and social systems, and an overview of the main scholarly debates.
12) Churchill
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma examines the life of Sir Winston Churchill, prime minister of Great Britain during World War II.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In this course, historian Patrick N. Allitt investigates the American character by introducing notable Americans from all eras of the nation's history, from Thomas Jefferson to Al Capone, whose lives speak on the qualities that make one truly American. The figures in these lectures led fascinating lives, helping one to gain a deeper understanding of the trends and ideas that shaped America and that continue to influence American society today.
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