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DVD video

Title Civilization : the West and the rest / with Niall Ferguson ; produced by Chimerica Media in association with Educational Broadcasting Corporation for Channel 4
Published Burbank, CA : BBC, 2012

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Description 2 videodiscs (282 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Contents Disc 1: Episode 1, Competition ; Episode 2, Science ; Episode 3, Property ; Episode 4, Medicine -- Disc 2: Episode 5, Consumerism ; Episode 6, Work
Summary The West once ruled more than half the world. The religion it exported, Christianity, is still followed by a third of mankind. Above all, the way people live, or aspire to live, are unmistakably an invention of the West. All over the world, more and more humans eat a Western diet, wear Western clothes and live in Western housing. Niall Ferguson explains how by juxtaposing , we can uncover the keys, the six killer applications, of Western ascendancy
Notes Title from container
Release date: Jun. 5, 2012
DVD, regions 1; widescreen ; NTSC ; Dolby digital
Audience Not rated
Notes Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
Available for Deakin University staff and students only
Subject Civilization, Western.
History, Modern.
Comparative civilization.
East and West.
Genre/Form Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Author Ferguson, Niall.
Chimerica Media.
Educational Broadcasting Corporation.
Channel Four (Great Britain)
British Broadcasting Corporation.
ISBN 0780692543
9780780692541
Other Titles West and the rest