Racism : a history /

Chronicles the shifts in the idea of 'race' and the history of racism in Europe, the Americas, Australasia and Asia. Shows how ideas of racial difference have evolved in response to historical events, and identifies the profound impact that the idea of 'race', and the fact of rac...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	BBC Education & Training, British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC Active (Firm), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors:	Tickell, Paul (Director, Producer), Olusoga, David (Director, Producer), Robinson, Tim (Director, Producer), Okonedo, Sophie, Parkes, Shaun
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed-captioned; in English with English subtitles.
Published:	Hamilton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2008]
Subjects:	Racism > History. Race relations > History. Stereotypes (Social psychology) Human rights > History. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Historical television programs.

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Summary:	Chronicles the shifts in the idea of 'race' and the history of racism in Europe, the Americas, Australasia and Asia. Shows how ideas of racial difference have evolved in response to historical events, and identifies the profound impact that the idea of 'race', and the fact of racism, has had on science, culture, society and global history.
Item Description:	These discs are recorded DVDs and may fail to play on some DVD equipment. Originally broadcast on BBC in 2007. "BBC Active"--Container. Volume numbers created by cataloger from numerical order of manufacturer's number. First episode has disc label title: The color of money : colonialism and the slave trade; 2nd episode has disc label title: A fatal impact : eugenics, Social Darwinism, and genocide; 3rd episode has disc label subtitle: Apartheid, Jim Crow, and racism today. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	3 videodiscs (156 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-R; NTSC.
Production Credits:	Camera, Luke Cardiff ... [et al.] (1st episode), Stephen Brand ... [et al.] (2nd episode), Neville Kidd ... [et al.] (3rd episode) ; film editor, Chris Wyatt (1st episode), Jimmy Edmonds (2nd episode), Steve Scales (3rd episode) ; music, Nikola Kodjabashia (1st episode).