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Zane: US History: The American Journey, Interactive Edition
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Explore the interactions of the people of North America, West Africa,
and Europe as they inhabit separate worlds after 1492, Christopher
Columbus's first voyage to North America. Witness Spain's establishment
to North American colonies. Study the powerful challenges both to
Indian control and to the Spanish monopoly of settlement. Includes a
175-minute multimedia presentation and more than 200 photos with 54
video clips.
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Zane: What is Biology?
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Learn about the miracle of life all around us, from the creatures far
beneath the sea to the tiny strands of DNA found in all living things.
Explore the different kinds of biology studies such as molecular
biology, genetics, and marine biology, and see how each discipline
provides a piece of the puzzle to the mystery and beauty of life.
Includes a 28-minute multimedia presentation and more than 325 photos
and 19 minutes of video.
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Zane: What is Physics?
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Study the laws of nature and the great minds whose insightful thinking
explained them, from Aristotle and his observations on motion to
Einstein and his theories of relativity. Learn how physicists and
others have progressed from the study of everyday natural phenomena to
explain our worlds to the invention of laser beams and atom smashers
that have changed our world. Includes a 27-minute multimedia
presentation and more than 325 photos and 12 minutes of video.
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Zane: What is Science?
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Meet the great men and women of science and examine the fundamentals
of scientific inquiry such as experimentation, data analysis, and the
formulation of hypotheses. Discover how math plays an important role
in scientific analysis and why thinking scientifically allows
scientists to understand and continually improve our lives. Includes a
26-minute multimedia presentation and more than 325 photos and 16
minutes of video.
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Zane: Women Lit: Heroines, Sirens, Shrews
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Women in Literature. Heroines, Sirens, Shrews. Traces the historic
portrayal of women in literature from biblical and ancient Greek times
to the present. Numerous excerpts from a variety of works aid in the
discussion of several authors, including Homer, Vergil, Chaucer, and
Shakespeare. This thought-provoking program charts the transition of
women in literature--from object to subject.
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Zane: Women Lit: Novelists, Playwrights, Poets
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Moll Flanders, a character created by Daniel Defoe in the eighteenth
century, grew up as a penniless foster child with few choices for the
future. Coveting fine clothes and other luxuries, she manages to get
what she wants from a succession of lovers and husbands. When her looks
fade, so does her income. She turns to petty thievery and eventually is
imprisoned. Defoe's story reflected the realities of life for lower-class
women in eighteenth-century England,...
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Zane: World Hist: 19th Century Nationalism
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A 40-minute multimedia presentation, with more than 350 images, examines
the concept of nationalism as it developed and changed throughout
Europe - from the French Revolution to the outbreak of World War I.
See how the romantic movement and the Napoleonic Wars planted the seeds
of European nationalism early in the nineteenth century. Learn why the
forces of nationalism had, by the end of the century, sparked a
full-scale arms race that set the stage for World War I.
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Zane: World Hist: 20th Centry Nationalism
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Examine the emergence of nationalism as a powerful political force in
Third World countries, and survey two routes to national independence:
constitutional and revolutionary. A 40-minute presentation traces the
progress of nationalist movements in India, where British rulers were
overthrown by constitutional means and peaceful protest; and Vietnam,
where foreign powers were expelled after years of bloody fighting.
Includes 400 photos.
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Zane: World Hist: Causes of WW 1
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Learn how the complex tensions and conflicts that gripped Europe during
the early twentieth century ignited a devastating four-year war. A
35-minute multimedia presentation - enhanced by more than 400 images
and excerpts from period songs - explores the hostile alliances,
imperialist rivalries, and runaway nationalism that eventually
culminated in World War I.
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Zane: World Hist: Causes of WW 2
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Lean how the consequences of the First World War sowed the seeds for an
even greater global conflict. A 50-minute presentation explores the
effects of the worldwide depression of the 1930s and traces the rise of
totalitarian regimes in Germany, Italy, Japan, and Spain. Discover how
the world became divided into three major power blocks, and how the
Munich Pact of 1938 opened the door to German aggression. Includes
more than 450 images.
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