Thursday, December 30, 2010

Heads-up for 30 December 2010

In Our Time
Industrial Revolution Part II 30th Dec 2010
In the second part of this two-part series on The Industrial Revolution, Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the consequences of the revolution and how the economy, social structures, housing, education and public health were all affected. Melvyn is joined by Jane Humphries, Professor of Economic History and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; Emma Griffin, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of East Anglia; and Lawrence Goldman, Fellow and Tutor in History at St. Peter’s College, Oxford.
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A Short History of Japan
Power Moves East
The Taira v Minamoto war, known as the Gempei War, of the 1180s involved a lot of skulduggery and backstabbery. Before the Minamoto were to beat the Taira, they had to fight amongst themselves first. At the end of all this, Yoritomo, back in Kamakura, will be able to assert his will uninterrupted.
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עושים היסטוריה! עם רן לוי Making History! with Ran Levi
על הטכנולוגיה של כלי נגינה
בפרק זה נתחקה אחר ההיסטוריה של כמה מכלי הנגינה המוכרים ביותר, וננסה לענות על השאלה: מי משפיע על מי- המוזיקה על כלי הנגינה, או כלי הנגינה על המוזיקה?
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