Utopia and terror in the 20th century

Liulevicius, Vejas G. (Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author). Lecturer, Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius (Associate Professor of History at the University of Tennessee). (Cast).

Summary: These 24 half-hour lectures examines why the 20th century was so violent and examines the ideologies that promised utopias and total solutions to social problems. Terror would be used to shape the intractable human material to fit the ambitions of the ideological movement.

Record details

ISBN: 9781565856752 (set)
Physical Description: videorecording (DVD)
videorecording (DVD)
videodisc
4 videodiscs (ca. 12 hrs.) : digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 169 p. ; 19 cm.).
Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container. Book contains lecture transcripts and outlines, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1. Defining Utopia and terror -- The legacy of revolutions -- Omens of conflict -- World War I -- Total war: mobilization and mass death -- Total revolution in Russia.
Participant or Performer Note:	Lecturer, Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius (Associate Professor of History at the University of Tennessee).
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Home use only.