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<title>The Peculiar Modernity of Britain,Spring 2013 - UC Berkeley</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3237/The-Peculiar-Modernity-of-Britain-Spring-2013</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Contents:<br />
1848-2000 - For many years, Britain was seen as the crucible of the modern world. This small, cold, and wet island was thought to have been the first to develop representative democracy, an industrial economy, rapid transport, mass cities, mass communication and mass culture, and, o...]]></description>
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<title>History of the World Since 1500 CE - Columbia University</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/3023/History-of-the-World-Since-1500-CE</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This course presents and at the same time critiques a narrative world history after 1500 CE. The purpose of the course is to convey an understanding of how this rapidly growing field of history is being approached at three different levels: the narrative textbook level, the theoretical-conceptual le...]]></description>
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<title>The History and Practice of Human Rights,Fall 2011 - UC Berkeley</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2966/The-History-and-Practice-of-Human-Rights-Fall-2011</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The History and Practice of Human Rights,Fall 2011 Online Course Video Lectures by UC Berkeley.]]></description>
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<title>The Peculiar Modernity of Britain,Fall 2011 - UC Berkeley</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2959/The-Peculiar-Modernity-of-Britain-Fall-2011</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[History 151C The Peculiar Modernity of Britain, 1848-2000....]]></description>
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<title>History of Information - UC Berkeley</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2910/History-of-Information</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[History of Information Online Course Video Lectures by UC Berkeley.]]></description>
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<title>Early Modern England - Yale</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2871/Early-Modern-England</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This course is intended to provide an up-to-date introduction to the development of English society between the late fifteenth and the early eighteenth centuries. Particular issues addressed in the lectures will include: the changing social structure; households; local communities; gender roles; eco...]]></description>
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<title>Epidemics in Western Society Since 1600 - Yale</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2873/Epidemics-in-Western-Society-Since-1600</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This course consists of an international analysis of the impact of epidemic diseases on western society and culture from the bubonic plague to HIV/AIDS and the recent experience of SARS and swine flu. Leading themes include: infectious disease and its impact on society; the development of public hea...]]></description>
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<title>The American Revolution I - Yale</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2877/The-American-Revolution-I</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The American Revolution entailed some remarkable transformations--converting British colonists into American revolutionaries, and a cluster of colonies into a confederation of states with a common cause -- but it was far more complex and enduring then the fighting of a war. As John Adams put it, "Th...]]></description>
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<title>African-American History: Modern Freedom Struggle - Stanford</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2707/African-American-History-Modern-Freedom-Struggle</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This course introduces the viewer to African-American history, with particular emphasis on the political thought and protest movements of the period after 1930, focusing on selected individuals who have shaped and been shaped by modern African-American struggles for freedom and justice. Clayborne Ca...]]></description>
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<title>Holocaust in Film and Literature - UCLA</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2718/Holocaust-in-Film-and-Literature</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[German 59: Holocaust in Film and Literature is a course that provides insight into the History of Holocaust and its present memory through examination of challenges and problems encountered in trying to imagine its horror through media of literature and film....]]></description>
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<title>20th Century United States History - University of Houston</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2579/20th-Century-United-States-History</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Major themes and issues in American history during the 20th century. The goal of this course is to prepare students to understand the world they live by understanding the critical issues and events that America has faced in the last one hundred years....]]></description>
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<title>World Civilization Since 1500 - University of Houston</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2583/World-Civilization-Since-1500</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An overview of the interactions among seven major cultural traditions (Judeo-Christian, Graeco-Roman, Indian, Chinese, African, Islamic, American Indian), from c.e. 1500....]]></description>
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<title>World Revolutions - University of Houston</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2586/World-Revolutions</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Causes and effects of modern revolutions from the English Civil War of the 17th century to the Iranian Revolution at the end of the 20th century....]]></description>
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<title>The Flowering of the Middle Ages - University of Houston</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2605/The-Flowering-of-the-Middle-Ages</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Aspects of the Middle Ages from the perspectives of different disciplines such as history, English, French, Spanish, philosophy, music, art history, engineering, architecture, and law....]]></description>
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<title>Pirates, Smugglers, and the Modern World - University of Houston</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2610/Pirates-Smugglers-and-the-Modern-World</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Explores piracy and smuggling from the early modern world to the present. Topics include Caribbean and Indian Oceans and pirates, social history, and piracy and smuggling in the age of globalization....]]></description>
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<title>CIA in the Third World - University of Houston</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2611/CIA-in-the-Third-World</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Central Intelligence Agency as an instrument of United States policy toward Third World nations. The history of American intelligence institutions, the contemporary history of selected developing nations, U.S. relations with these countries, and specific cases of CIA involvement....]]></description>
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<title>The Vikings - University of Houston</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2612/The-Vikings</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[History, culture, and religion of Vikings from their Indo-European roots and migration to Scandinavia through their invasions of Europe, excursions to North America, and trade with the Byzantine and Muslim worlds: state-building and impact on world history....]]></description>
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<title>War, Globalization, and Terror - University of Houston</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2541/War-Globalization-and-Terror</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A history of the U.S. role in the world, with a particular emphasis on commercial expansion and warfare, and their domestic consequences, in the 20th century....]]></description>
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<title>World Civilization to 1500 - University of Houston</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2542/World-Civilization-to-1500</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A comparative survey of six major geographical and cultural areas (West Asia, South Asia, East Asia, Africa, Europe, and Meso-America) from 4000 B.C. to c.e. 1500....]]></description>
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<title>The Vietnam War - University of Houston</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2543/The-Vietnam-War</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Prominent developments in twentieth-century Vietnam and U.S. intervention in its civil war....]]></description>
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<title>The Crusades - University of Houston</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2540/The-Crusades</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Origins, development, and results of the crusades from the eleventh through the thirteenth centuries....]]></description>
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<title>History 1C - Modern Civilization 1750-Present - UCLA</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/102/History-1C-Modern-Civilization-1750-Present</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[History 1C - Modern Civilization 1750-Present Online Course Video Lectures by UCLA.]]></description>
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<title>HIEU 101A - Ancient Greek Civilization - UC San Diego</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/57/HIEU-101A-Ancient-Greek-Civilization</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HIEU 101A - Ancient Greek Civilization Online Course Video Lectures by UC San Diego.]]></description>
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<title>HIEU 104 - Byzantine Empire - UC San Diego</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/58/HIEU-104-Byzantine-Empire</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HIEU 104 - Byzantine Empire Online Course Video Lectures by UC San Diego.]]></description>
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<title>HIUS 101 - The American Revolution - UC San Diego</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/59/HIUS-101-The-American-Revolution</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HIUS 101 - The American Revolution Online Course Video Lectures by UC San Diego.]]></description>
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<title>Introduction to Ancient Greek History - Yale</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2458/Introduction-to-Ancient-Greek-History</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 15:25:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Introduction to Ancient Greek History Online Course Video Lectures by Yale.]]></description>
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<title>European Civilization, 1648-1945 - Yale</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2464/European-Civilization-1648-1945</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 15:25:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This course offers a broad survey of modern European history, from the end of the Thirty Years' War to the aftermath of World War II. Along with the consideration of major events and figures such as the French Revolution and Napoleon, attention will be paid to the experience of ordinary people in ti...]]></description>
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<title>France Since 1871 - Yale</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2465/France-Since-1871</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 15:25:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[(HIST 276) This course covers the emergence of modern France. Topics include the social, economic, and political transformation of France; the impact of France's revolutionary heritage, of industrialization, and of the dislocation wrought by two world wars; and the political response of the Left and...]]></description>
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<title>Roman Architecture - Yale</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2466/Roman-Architecture</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 15:25:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[(HSAR 252) This course is an introduction to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire, with an emphasis on urban planning and individual monuments and their decoration, including mural painting. While architectural developments in Rome, Pompeii, and Central Italy are highli...]]></description>
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<title>The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 - Yale</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2463/The-Civil-War-and-Reconstruction-Era-1845-1877</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 15:25:20 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[(HIST 119) This course explores the causes,  course,  and consequences of the American Civil War,  from the 1840s to 1877. The primary goal of the course is to understand the multiple meanings of a transforming event in American history. Those meanings may be defined in many ways: national,  section...]]></description>
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