World history since 1500 Lectures

Rene Barendse
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World history since 1500 Lectures

Lectures and reflections on modern World history since 1500 by Dutch historian Dr. R.J. Barendse

  1. XXIV. The development of underdevelopment

    02/04/2016

    XXIV. The development of underdevelopment

    Focusing on colonial India, Nigeria and Burma in this lecture we will be considering the causes of the cleft between a rich Europe and a poor Africa and Asia.

    1h 29m
  2. Science, unbelief and religion,

    01/20/2016

    Science, unbelief and religion,

    In this lecture we'll be examining religion in the nineteenth century and the difficult relationship between science and the Christian faith.

    1h 35m

  3. 01/19/2016

    XXIII. Colonial conquest.

    In this lecture we will be considering the colonial conquests of the nineteenth century focusing particularly on Africa.

    1h 37m
  4. XXI. The rise of ideologies.

    12/12/2015

    XXI. The rise of ideologies.

    In this lecture we'll be considering the two great ideas of the modern age: liberalism and socialism.

    1h 29m
  5. XX. Nationalism.

    12/03/2015

    XX. Nationalism.

    Proceeding from a review of the American Civil War we will be looking at the secular religion of nationalism.

    1h 34m
  6. XIX. Factories and slaves.

    08/31/2015

    XIX. Factories and slaves.

    In this lecture we'll be considering the English industrial revolution and inextricably bound to it slavery in the United States.

    1h 17m
  7. XVIII: Nature and numbers.

    08/25/2015

    XVIII: Nature and numbers.

    This lecture is about history of the environment: the effects of global warming, population growth and the destruction of nature since the ninteenth century.

    1h 31m
  8. XVII: Revolutions

    08/22/2015

    XVII: Revolutions

    This lecture will consider the French revolution and the wars of Napoleon Bonaparte.

    1h 39m
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