A history of Chinese American achievement in the United States: America embraces Chinese culture
Chinese Americans, the history of Chinese Americans and Chinese American culture as well as Chinese American heroes are presented in this seventh program of Chinese American achievement spanning the years 1974 - 1983. In this series, eight half-hour...
21st century turning points in U.S. history: Program 1. 2000-2001
The first two years of the decade brought about the George W. Bush presidency, a presidency that was defined by September 11th 2001, the first attack on American soil since the War of 1812. 2001 was also the year that began the second digital revolu...
Carlos V: un monarca, un imperio, y una espada
A child of Belgium, a speaker of French, and a Habsburg on his father's side, there was little Spanish about Charles V, yet Spain was the core of his kingdom. This program follows the cosmopolitan "Carlos Quinto," King of Spain and Holy Roman Empero...
English in America
When Massasoit hailed the Plymouth settlers in their own language, they might have taken it for a sign that English would dominate the New World. Packed with surprising etymologies and intriguing stories, this program traces the dynamic relationship...
Many Tongues Called English, One World Language
This program explores how America's rise as an economic power made it the driving force behind the spread of English in the 20th century. A world tour illustrates how English has mixed with other languages - from "Franglais" in France to "Singlish" ...
Birth of a Language
Melvyn Bragg begins the story of English in Holland, finding ancestral echoes in the Frisian dialect. What follows is a chapter on survival as the English language weathers Viking and Norman invasions, vying with and eventually absorbing rival tongu...
Gomberg at 82
Gomberg, a Jewish Russian immigrant, looks back at his life, his family, his move to Newark, New Jersey and how he started his family life in America
The Common school: 1770-1890
In the aftermath of the Revolution, a newly independent America confronted one of its most daunting challenges: how to build a united nation out of thirteen disparate colonies. This program profiles the passionate crusade launched by Thomas Jefferso...
“This Earth, This Realm, This England”
Has any single person shaped English more than William Shakespeare? This program uses unparalleled access to some of the greatest English texts, including the first English dictionary and a rare first folio of Shakespeare's plays, to illustrate the ...
A struggle for educational equality: 1950-1980
In the 1950s, America's public schools teemed with the promise of a new, postwar generation of students, over half of whom would graduate and go on to college. This program shows how impressive gains masked profound inequalities: seventeen states ha...