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Slums and Money: A Socioeconomic Analysis
Item# 40604
© 2009
45 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-139-2
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-138-5
Patterns of urbanization and poverty are playing an increasingly heavy role in the debate over globalization and market regulation. In a hard-hitting analysis of the issues, this program assembles a w...
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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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Flowers of Rwanda: Making Peace with Genocide
Item# 40621
© 2008
24 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-157-6
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-156-9
Can killers and survivors coexist in peace? That is the crucial question facing Rwanda a dozen years after the genocide that claimed the lives of approximately 800,000 people-and the subject of this m...
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Allergy Planet
Item# 40404
© 2008
49 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-041-8
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-040-1
All around the world, allergies are on the upsurge. Why? In search of an answer, this program travels the globe to examine the complex web of causes of what is amounting to an outright allergy pandemi...
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Geographic Information Systems
Item# 40312
© 2008
24 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-759-1
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-760-7
The aim of this program is to excite students about geographic information systems and encourage the use of GIS in the classroom. Spotlighted applications of GIS include ways that urban planners in In...
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Angola: The Curse of Oil
Item# 40370
© 2008
25 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-590-0
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-591-7
Poverty in Africa reminds us that abundant natural resources don't automatically translate into widespread economic wealth. This program brings home the disturbing reality of daily life in Angola-mark...
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Bolivia: Partners, Not Masters
Item# 40371
© 2008
25 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-592-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-593-1
Swept to power in 2006 on a wave of social unrest, Bolivian President Evo Morales has vowed to shift the balance of power in favor of his poorest constituents. This program examines the wealth generat...
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Fighting the Tide 2: Struggles Over Resources in the Developing World
Item# 40369
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-588-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-589-4
The march of globalization continues. For many members of the world community it is a march to wealth-while others are being left behind. Filmed on location in Angola, Bolivia, and the South Pacific n...
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Tuvalu: Keeping Heads Above Water
Item# 40372
© 2008
25 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-594-8
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-595-5
Scientists expect the island nation of Tuvalu to disappear into the sea during the next few decades. If that is true, what will become of the country's citizens and its unique South Pacific culture? S...
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The Amazon River: Pristine and Unprotected
Item# 40145
© 2008
51 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-498-9
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-499-6
Stretching over 4,000 miles across South America, the Amazon River has long defied human efforts to tame it. Not a single bridge crosses it, and not one dam halts its flow. This program visits urban c...
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