Rosenzweig, Paul
Summary: In the centuries since the founding of the republic, there have been notable challenges to presidential authority. Among these are investigations, designed to seek out and uproot abuses of executive power. They are built on a system of institutions, laws, and policies that govern how our nation protects itself from corruption and tyranny. Even today, we see this system at work in controversies...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 353.46 INVCall number: DVD 353.46 INV
Summary: America's Long Struggle against Slavery is a chance to survey the history of the American anti-slavery movement, from the dawn of the transatlantic slave trade during the late 15th century to the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and beyond. Taught by Professor Richard Bell of the University of Maryland, these 30 eye-opening lectures give an up-close view of a venal institution and the people who...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 AMECall number: DVD 973.7 AME
Noble, Thomas F. X.
Summary: Explores the five momentous centuries that link the Classical and Modern worlds and shows how the fall of the Roman Empire gave rise to three great civilizations: Medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic Caliphate. Examines many features of the period between A.D. 253 and A.D. 750, including the development of these unique civilizations, their memorable political and religious...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 LATContents: Disc 1: Why have government? -- The framework of US federalism -- Civil liberties: freedoms from government -- Civil rights: fairness under government -- How a bill becomes a law -- Why Congress is such a puzzle -- Disc 2: How Congressional elections work -- The powers of presidency -- How presidential elections work -- A road map of the federal bureaucracy -- How the judicial branch works --...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 UNDSummary: "Survey more than 200 years of musical sounds and styles that are inextricably linked with the spirit and history of the United States of America"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.973 AMECall number: DVD 780.973 AME