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The American identity / Patrick N. Allitt.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsLanguage: English Series: Great courses (DVD). Modern history | The Great courses | The Great CoursesPublication details: Chantilly, Virginia : The Teaching Company, 2005.Description: 8 videodiscs (approximately 1440 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebooks (iv, 204 pages ; 22 cm)ISBN:
  • 9781598030204 (set)
  • 1598030205
Uniform titles:
  • The Great Courses
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370
LOC classification:
  • LB 14.6 A439a 2005
Contents:
part 1. lecture 1. Being American -- lecture 2. John Smith, the colonial promoter -- lecture 3. William Penn, the religious liberty advocate -- lecture 4. Cotton Mather, the Puritan -- lecture 5. Benjamin Franklin, the improver -- lecture 6. Francis Marion, the guerrilla soldier -- lecture 7. Thomas Jefferson, the patriot -- lecture 8. Abigail Adams, the First Lady -- lecture 9. Mother Ann Lee, the religious founder -- lecture 10. Rittenhouse and Bartram, the scientists -- lecture 11. Eli Whitney, the inventor -- lecture 12. Lewis and Clark, the explorers. part 2. lecture 13. Charles Grandison Finney, the revivalist -- lecture 14. Horace Mann, the educator -- lecture 15. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the philosopher -- lecture 16. Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist -- lecture 17. Edmund Ruffin, the champion of slavery -- lecture 18. Brigham Young, the religious autocrat -- lecture 19. Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect -- lecture 20. William Tecumseh Sherman, the General -- lecture 21. Louisa May Alcott, the professional writer -- lecture 22. Andrew Carnegie, conscience-stricken entrepreneur -- lecture 23. "Buffalo Bill," the westerner -- lecture 24. Black Elk, the Holy Man. part 3. lecture 25. John Wesley Powell, the desert theorist -- lecture 26. William Mulholland, the water engineer -- lecture 27. Samuel Gompers, the trade unionist -- lecture 28. Booker T. Washington, the "race leader" -- lecture 29. Emma Goldman, the anarchist -- lecture. 31. Isabella Stewart Gardner, the collector -- lecture 32. Oliver Wendell Holmes, the jurist -- lecture 33. Henry Ford, the mass producer -- lecture 34. Harry Houdini, the sensationalist -- lecture 35. Al Capone, the crime boss -- lecture 36. Herbert Hoover, the humanitarian. part 4. lecture 37. Helen Keller, the inspiration -- lecture 38. Duke Ellington, the Jazzman -- lecture 39. Charles Lindbergh, the aviator -- lecture 40. Douglas MacArthur, the world-power warrior -- lecture 41. Leonard Bernstein, the musical polymath -- lecture 42. Shirley Temple, the child prodigy -- lecture 43. George Wallace, the demagogue -- lecture 44. William F. Buckley, Jr., the conservative -- lecture 45. Roberto Clemente, the athlete -- lecture 46. Betty Friedan, the feminist -- lecture 47. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leagatee -- lecture 48. Stability and change.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB 14.6 A439a 2005 Guide (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000136810

Course no. 8540.
Course guidebooks, which contain outlines of each 30 minute lecture, laid in each of four containers.

"Topic: Modern history

part 1. lecture 1. Being American --
lecture 2. John Smith, the colonial promoter --
lecture 3. William Penn, the religious liberty advocate --
lecture 4. Cotton Mather, the Puritan --
lecture 5. Benjamin Franklin, the improver --
lecture 6. Francis Marion, the guerrilla soldier --
lecture 7. Thomas Jefferson, the patriot --
lecture 8. Abigail Adams, the First Lady --
lecture 9. Mother Ann Lee, the religious founder --
lecture 10. Rittenhouse and Bartram, the scientists --
lecture 11. Eli Whitney, the inventor --
lecture 12. Lewis and Clark, the explorers. part 2. lecture 13. Charles Grandison Finney, the revivalist --
lecture 14. Horace Mann, the educator --
lecture 15. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the philosopher --
lecture 16. Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist --
lecture 17. Edmund Ruffin, the champion of slavery --
lecture 18. Brigham Young, the religious autocrat --
lecture 19. Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architect --
lecture 20. William Tecumseh Sherman, the General --
lecture 21. Louisa May Alcott, the professional writer --
lecture 22. Andrew Carnegie, conscience-stricken entrepreneur --
lecture 23. "Buffalo Bill," the westerner --
lecture 24. Black Elk, the Holy Man. part 3. lecture 25. John Wesley Powell, the desert theorist --
lecture 26. William Mulholland, the water engineer --
lecture 27. Samuel Gompers, the trade unionist --
lecture 28. Booker T. Washington, the "race leader" --
lecture 29. Emma Goldman, the anarchist --
lecture. 31. Isabella Stewart Gardner, the collector --
lecture 32. Oliver Wendell Holmes, the jurist --
lecture 33. Henry Ford, the mass producer --
lecture 34. Harry Houdini, the sensationalist --
lecture 35. Al Capone, the crime boss --
lecture 36. Herbert Hoover, the humanitarian. part 4. lecture 37. Helen Keller, the inspiration --
lecture 38. Duke Ellington, the Jazzman --
lecture 39. Charles Lindbergh, the aviator --
lecture 40. Douglas MacArthur, the world-power warrior --
lecture 41. Leonard Bernstein, the musical polymath --
lecture 42. Shirley Temple, the child prodigy --
lecture 43. George Wallace, the demagogue --
lecture 44. William F. Buckley, Jr., the conservative --
lecture 45. Roberto Clemente, the athlete --
lecture 46. Betty Friedan, the feminist --
lecture 47. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leagatee --
lecture 48. Stability and change.

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