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        World Events Over Time
                 
     12 Lecture Series
 
 
  

 

 

       Revolutions Sample Clips -- Themes

 

       American Revolution

       What is the turning point in the relations between the American Colonies and

       the mother country which leads to the American Revolution?

 

 

     

      French Revolution

      Why the European Enlightenment is not suppressed, what  is its role in the

      French Revolution, and what are its implications for our time?

 

 

     

      Industrial Revolution

      How children are exploited as workers in mines and factories during the

      industrial revolution?

 

 

 

      Russian Revolution, Part 1

      Why does Karl Marx view Russia as the least likely country for his

      communist revolutions?.

 

 

 

      Russian Revolution, Part 2

      Why is Gorbechev's role more significant than Reagan's in ending the Cold

      War?

 

 

 

      Chinese Revolution, Part 1

      Why are the premises of ancient China the basis both of its strength of 7,000

      years and its later weakness?

 

 

 

 

      Chinese Revolution, Part 2

      Why does Mao's Great Cultural Revolution and his Great Leap Forward result

      in the opposite outcome from what he intended?

 

 

 

 

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