FEATURES & DETAILS:
- Color
- MARC records, Catalog Card Kit and Single Main Entry Cards are available
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PRODUCT SUMMARY
For sale in U.S. and Canada only-- In the early 20th century, Great Britain maintained dozens of colonies throughout the world. Using rare and unique documentary footage along with actual eyewitness accounts, The British Empire in Color brings history alive by telling the story of the decline of this vast imperial power. The three-part series highlights the modern independence movements in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and relates that despite British attempts at modernization, many nations continue to cope with problems inherited from their colonial past. Teacher's Guides are included and available online.
EDITORIAL REVIEWS
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...recommended."- Video Librarian (July/Aug 2004)"...a good supplemental purchase to support high school history and geography classes."- School Library Journal (March 2004)
FULL REVIEWS
Video Librarian (July 2004)
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"A three-part series exploring the political and social factors that led to--as Edward Gibbon said of another--“the decline and fall” of the British empire (which in the early 20th century stretched to nearly every part of the known world), The British Empire in Color is comprised of The Decline of the British Empire, The Fall of the British Empire, and The Legacy of the British Empire...I watched the second volume--The Fall of the British Empire--chronicling the modern independence movements in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East beginning with the Balfour Declaration in 1917 supporting a Jewish state in Palestine. Combining archival footage, stills, and audio clips, along with voiceover narration, this is a lively, fairly objective overview of British colonial civilization and its discontents. Recommended.