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New! Rude: Where Are Our Manners?
Item# 40923
© 2008
43 Min.
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"What are the rules of behavior? Do people not know, or do they not care?" In this program, host Valerie Pringle explores the reasons behind the ostensible breakdown of manners, defined as treating ot...
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New! My American Neighbor: Thoughts From and About U.S. Citizens Abroad
Item# 40629
© 2008
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As America undergoes rapid economic, cultural, and political changes, how is its global image evolving? In what ways do expatriate Americans shape foreign perceptions of the United States? And what is...
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New! 9 to 5 No Longer
Item# 40875
© 2008
60 Min.
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A demographic change is affecting all Americans wherever they work and live: the rise of the flexible workforce. The global economy, increasing numbers of two-income families, and the need for busines...
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New! Zimbardo Speaks: The Lucifer Effect and the Psychology of Evil
Item# 40662
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-197-2
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-196-5
Philip Zimbardo has spent decades researching the transformation of character that occurs when generally good people are led to engage in evil actions. In this lecture, Zimbardo discourses on theories...
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Minds that Matter: John Lewis
Item# 40683
© 2008
59 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-209-2
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-208-5
No one grasps the connections between social activism, electoral politics, and racial issues better than Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), perhaps the most prominent living veteran of the American civil...
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Right America: Feeling Wronged-Some Voices from the Campaign Trail
Item# 40451
© 2008
45 Min.
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DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-058-6
"He doesn't know us," complains one blue-collar conservative, referring to presidential candidate Barack Obama. Another voter decries the "liberal media" for "selling the American people short." Like-...
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Let Freedom Ring: Moments from the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965
Item# 40565
© 2008
100 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-993-9
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-994-6
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-247-4
Despite the colossal and continuing legacy of America's civil rights era, the movement is often best understood through the historical moments in which it took place. This NBC News program presents or...
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Upstream Battle: A Case Study in Native American Fishing Rights
Item# 40386
© 2008
53 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-809-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-810-9
The Karuk, Yurok, and Hoopa peoples live along northern California's Klamath River, and each tribe's ancient culture revolves around the majestic Pacific salmon. Today, four large hydroelectric dams h...
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Sustainable Communities
Item# 40313
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-784-3
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-785-0
What do we mean when we talk about sustainable communities? How can they be created? This program joins architects, urban planners, civic leaders, business owners, and community residents in three sep...
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The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306
Item# 40368
© 2008
33 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-786-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-787-4
"I wondered for many years," reveals the Rev. Billy Kyles, "why I was there at that crucial moment." Rev. Kyles stood only a few feet away from Dr. Martin Luther King when the eminent civil rights lea...
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