-war period. Many blacks find themselves unable to find jobs; residential discrimination limits their mobility. The vast majority of African American women are
Transcript: discrimination. [gary gerstle:] manufacturing employment decreases In many cities in the 1950s And blacks find themselves unable to follow the jobs. They get stuck
More than a requiem, this documentary touches on issues relevant to all students of American history and society by using Detroit as a window into
Transcript: MASSIVE WAVE OF MIGRATION FROM. THE SOUTH CREATED A PRESSURE COOKER SITUATION IN THE CITY CAUSING THE RACIAL FAULT LINE ON WHICH DETROIT WAS BUILT TO SPLIT
is but a footnote to ancient Greek accomplishments. In this program, the story is told of how Greek thinkers laid the foundation for architecture
Subject: Intellectuals--Greece--History--To 1500
Transcript: has invaded the territory of Troy and is trying to take this walled city. And the Greeks have been stopped. They aren't able to take this walled city
, the program details innovations of the era - including the horse-drawn iron plough and the three-field planting system - amounting to an agricultural
Subject: Peasants--History--To 1500
Transcript: , THEY SAID. AGRICULTURE BECAME A SCIENCEIN THE MIDDLE AGES. THE FIRST MODERN HANDBOOKON AGRONOMY WAS WRITTEN BY WALTEROF HENLEY IN 1270. HIS AIM♪ TO
program also assesses the safety of pesticides, herbicides, hormones, and antibiotics used in agriculture. Food-preparation advice encompasses washing hands
Series: Healthy Eating: A Guide To Nutrition
Transcript: practices in both milk and meat production present no threat to human health. Another area of concern for some people is the use of antibiotics in animal
is a largely unknown story ... a story you can learn by traveling to the region's three national monuments devoted to pre-history. This program
Transcript: USUALLY WALLED. OUTSIDE OF THE PALISADES WERE THE AGRICULTURAL AREAS. UNLIKE EUROPEAN CITIES, AT THE CENTER WAS A LARGE OPEN SPACE, COMMON GROUNDS WHERE
Fog-shrouded rocky coastlines, spectacular mountain peaks, rich agricultural valleys, vast barren deserts. California's astonishing physical
Transcript: RICH IN NUTRIENTS AND SUPPORT ABUNDANT FISHERIES AND ARE HOME TO SOME LARGE SEA MAMMALS, SUCH AS SEA LIONS, LARGE PODS OF DOLPHINS, AND THE GRAY WHALE
drought. France: The remote mountain villages of central France suffer the loss of farmers fleeing to places like Brittany where intensive agriculture has
Series: Journey To Planet Earth
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Professor of Sociology and History Craig Calhoun discusses the wide range of cultures and political systems in Southeast Asia and Africa, places which he says most Americans never hear about unless there's an earthquake, flood, civil war, or other d...
Series: Introduction To Sociology
Transcript: that education, Not just supporting them in school, but contributing if They're in traditional agriculture. How do the children learn to be farmers in a