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10 Basics of Business Etiquette
Item# 24575
© 1993
22 Min.
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Discusses the serious issues of professional etiquette in a comical fashion that will both entertain and instruct students and employees in the vital areas of etiquette and protocol. Prepares students...
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100 Percent Woman: The Story of Michelle Dumaresq
Item# 34540
© 2004
60 Min.
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A post-operative transsexual, Michelle Dumaresq has provoked outrage by entering the sport of women's mountain bike racing. This program studies complex issues of gender identity surrounding the contr...
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13C N.M.R.
Item# 5781
© 1995
21 Min.
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The importance of the low natural abundance of 13C is stressed in this program, showing how it influences the development of the subject. The program covers types of decoupling, the effect of chemical...
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18 with a Bullet: El Salvador's American-Style Gangs
Item# 36342
© 2006
57 Min.
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In the 1990s, thousands of Salvadoran nationals living illegally in the U.S. were deported to their homeland. Some took Los Angeles gang culture with them. This Wide Angle report documents six months...
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1-800-INDIA: Importing a White-Collar Economy
Item# 36341
© 2006
56 Min.
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Over the past decade, India has emerged as the leader in the global market for outsourced white-collar jobs-one reason for the nation's rapid economic growth. This Wide Angle case study explores the e...
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1893-1945: Against the Tide-Mao's Early Years
Item# 35370
© 2005
61 Min.
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Part one of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes describes Mao Zedong's youth, his formative adulthood, and his consolidation of power. Archival photographs from Mao's childhood and education, film cl...
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1945-1959: The Sorcerer's Apprentice-Founding the Republic
Item# 35371
© 2005
60 Min.
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Part two of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes explores the formation of the People's Republic of China, its complicated relationship with the Soviet Union, and events that prefaced the Cultural Rev...
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1958-1969: Not a Dinner Party-The Cultural Revolution
Item# 35372
© 2005
61 Min.
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Part three of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes examines the origins of the Cultural Revolution, Mao's orchestration of it, the political and economic shockwaves it created, and its human cost. Rar...
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1970 and Beyond: Mao Is Not Dead
Item# 35373
© 2005
59 Min.
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Part four of the series China: Through Mao's Eyes details the watershed Nixon-Mao diplomacy, Mao's death and its aftermath, and the legacy of his rule and philosophy. Scenes showing an aged and infirm...
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The 19th Century: Romanticism and Realism-in Spanish
Item# 30151
© 2002
50 Min.
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Despite the political and economic chaos of the 19th century-or perhaps because of it-this period produced brilliant literature while setting the stage for the Generation of '98. In this program, resp...
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