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Poland
- The First Thousand Years
- De: Patrice M. Dabrowski
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Wiley
- Duración: 25 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Since its beginnings, Poland has been a moving target, geographically as well as demographically, and the very definition of who is a Pole has been in flux. In the late medieval and early modern periods, the country grew to be the largest in continental Europe, only to be later wiped off the map for more than a century. Yet even under these constraints, Poles persisted in their desire to wrest from their oppressors a modicum of national dignity and, ultimately, managed to achieve much more than that.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy listen.
- De Pieter Reyneke en 01-11-23
- Poland
- The First Thousand Years
- De: Patrice M. Dabrowski
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Wiley
No insights or narrative structure
Revisado: 06-03-24
Ms. Dabrowski seems to care very much about the subject and she apparently has a deep knowledge of Polish history. What she can't do is structure a narrative. Maybe her work starts to pull itself together in later chapters, but I had to tear out my earbuds after the first 45 minutes before I lost my mind. it felt very much like being stuck in church listening to someone read through the genealogical passages of the Old Testament.
It would have been so helpful for her to construct a frame for putting all her knowledge into context and then digging into key events and people. Instead she plows into a thousand years of Polish history strictly chronologically, piling up the names of rulers, regions and peoples and very little else.. She does not spend time on the most impactful people and events. It felt like sitting through the closing credits of a very long movie.
This is the same frustration I had with Michener forty years ago. I'm still looking for a historian who can lay out the complex history of Poland in a coherent fashion. Sadly, this isn't that.
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The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes
- De: Kenneth W. Harl, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Kenneth W. Harl
- Duración: 18 h y 15 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,523
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,354
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,345
The word "barbarian" quickly conjures images of Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan. Yet few people realize these men belong to a succession of nomadic warriors who emerged from the Eurasian steppes to conquer civilizations. It's a part of ancient and medieval history that's often overlooked, but for an accurate view of how the world evolved, it's essential. Covering some 6,000 miles and 6,000 years, this eye-opening course illuminates how a series of groups pushed ever westward, coming into contact with the Roman Empire, Han China, and distant cultures from Iraq to India.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More than You Ever Wanted to Know re Steppe Nomads
- De Christopher en 09-25-14
- The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes
- De: Kenneth W. Harl, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Kenneth W. Harl
it’s not teaching -
Revisado: 02-05-23
the professor certainly knows his stuff but he doesn’t seem to know much about teaching it. he rattles off everything he knows in long, convoluted, overly detailed narratives that would put the most avid learner to sleep. he should set up the topics so there’s a path to follow. he needs to tell us what he’s going to tell us, then tell us, then tell us what he just told us. that’s how we learn. it is great for falling asleep to!
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Murder in the Garment District
- The Grip of Organized Crime and the Decline of Labor in the United States
- De: David Witwer, Catherine Rios
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5
A narrative that originates in the garment industry of mid-century New York, which produced over 80 percent of the nation's dresses at the time, Murder in the Garment District quickly moves to a national stage, where congressional anti-corruption hearings gripped the nation and forever tainted the reputation of American unions. Replete with elements of a true-crime thriller, Murder in the Garment District includes a riveting cast of characters, from wheeling and dealing union president David Dubinsky to the notorious gangster Abe Chait and the crusading Robert F. Kennedy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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lacks scholarly curiousity
- De Nancy jowske en 07-24-21
- Murder in the Garment District
- The Grip of Organized Crime and the Decline of Labor in the United States
- De: David Witwer, Catherine Rios
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
lacks scholarly curiousity
Revisado: 07-24-21
the author tosses around “facts” provided by Big Labor to tell a colorful tale about the nobility of union bosses fighting dastardly employers. He didn’t bother to consider his sources or how data has been interpreted; apparently the professor doesn’t know funding for EPI starts from major unions. if you love unions, you’ll love this. if you are looking for scholarship, keep looking.
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