The Western tradition
By: WGBH-TV in Association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; executive producer, Fred Barzyk
Contributors: Weber, Eugen, 1925-2007; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); Annenberg/CPB Project
Series: SOC 365 (NU Course); HIS 233 (NU course)
Publisher: Annenberg/CPB
Published: 2003
Place of publication: South Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Western Civilization; History
Description: Two semester telecourse on western civilization built around the classroom lectures of Eugen Weber, author, historian, and professor at UCLA. Weber's lectures survey developments in politics, economics, industry, agriculture, art, philosophy, and daily life from ancient Egypt to our own time.
Notes: Each program is approximately 30 min.

Originally released Fall 1989.

Eugen Joseph Weber, lecturer.

DVD format; Dolby digital sound; Requires InterActual DVD player to access all features (included).
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: The dawn of history -- -- 2.; title: The ancient Egyptains -- -- 3.; title: Mesopotamia -- -- 4.; title: From bronze to iron -- -- 5.; title: The rise of Greek civilization -- -- 6.; title: Greek thought -- -- 7.; title: Alexander the Great -- -- 8.; title: The Hellenistic Age -- -- 9.; title: The rise of Rome -- -- 10.; title: The Roman Empire -- -- 11.; title: Early Christianity -- -- 12.; title: The rise of the Church -- -- 13.; title: The decline of Rome -- -- 14.; title: The fall of Rome -- -- 15.; title: The Byzantine Empire -- -- 16.; title: The fall of Byzantium -- -- 17.; title: The dark ages -- -- 18.; title: The age of Charlemagne -- -- 19.; title: The middle ages -- -- 20.; title: The feudal order -- -- 21.; title: Common life--Middle Ages -- -- 22.; title: Cities and cathedrals--Middle Ages -- -- 23.; title: The late Middle Ages --  -- 24.; title: The national monarchies -- -- 25.; title: The Renaissance and the age of discovery -- -- 26.; title: The Renaissance and the new world.; title: 27.; title: Reformation -- -- 28.; title: Rise of the Middle Class -- -- 29.; title: Wars of religion -- -- 30.; title: Rise of trading cities -- -- 31.; title: Age of absolutism -- -- 32.; title: Absolutism and the social contract -- -- 33.; title: Enlightened despots -- -- 34.; title: The Enlightenment. -- -- 35.; title: The Enlightenment and society -- -- 36.; title: Modern philosophers -- -- 37.; title: American revolution -- -- 38.; title: American republic -- -- 39.; title: Death of the Old Regime -- -- 40.; title: French Revolution -- -- 41.; title: Industrial Revolution -- -- 42.; title: Industrial world -- -- 43.; title: Revolution and the Romantics --  -- 44.; title: Age of the Nation-States -- -- 45.; title: A New public -- -- 46.; title: Fin de Siecle --  -- 47.; title: First World War and the rise of facism -- -- 48.; title: Second World War -- -- 49.; title: Cold War -- -- 50.; title: Europe and the Third World -- -- 51.; title: Technological revolution -- -- 52.; title: Toward the future.