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  1. Imperial Rome and Ostia (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Charles Cooper
    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 60 min., 2000 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Uses famous sites such as the ancient port of Ostia, the Baths of Caracalla and the Pantheon to examine how Imperial Rome was constructed, what materials were used, how it was defended, how it was supplied...

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  2. Mexico City: Whose City? (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    With Mexico City’s population at over 15 million and growing, the city seems almost out of control, with vast areas of squatter settlements standing in stark contrast to rich enclaves surrounded by armed...

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  3. Moscow: A City in Transition (1999)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Four Muscovites from different generations talk about how the collapse of communism in Russia has changed their lives. Stories range from that of a grandmother who shares a small flat with her son and his...

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  4. New York: Making Connections (1999)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Despite stiff competition from elsewhere, New York has remained one of the world’s premier cities. Focusing on the economic connections that are concentrated on New York, the programme first shows how the...

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  5. Paris in the Nineteenth Century: The Making of a Modern City (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 57 min., 2001 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Surveys the technological change in Paris under a succession of different regimes. Begins by looking at the dictatorship of Napoleon Bonaparte and his inspirations for, and achievements in, the French...

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  6. Sydney: Living with Difference (1999 Video)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (30 minutes ), £34.99

    Notes that Sydney has transformed itself from an outpost of the British Empire to one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world in just over 20 years. Using Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras as a...

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  7. Dame Henrietta’s Dream (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1999 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Hampstead Garden Suburb in north London was founded in 1907 by Victorian philanthropist Dame Henrietta Bennett, who dreamed of rescuing people from squalid housing in London’s East End and installing them...

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  8. Homo Urbanus: Habitat II and Beyond (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 2000 sale: US$25.00 (VHS PAL)

    With over half the entire population living in towns and cities for the first time in history, the UN Conference on Human Settlements, Habitat II, was held in Istanbul in June 1996 to celebrate a new human...

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  9. Metropolis 4 (1997 Video)

    Producer
    Barry O’Riordan
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 55 min., 1999 sale: £10.99 (inclusive)

    Uses newsreel footage from British Pathé to illustrate the growth of cities and developments in communications and transport during the 20th century. Illustrations cover telehones, radio and television,...

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  10. Given a Voice...: Poor Urban Children in Accra (1996 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 12 min., 2000 sale: US$25.00 (VHS PAL)

    Looks at poor urban children in Accra, Ghana. In the fast-growing cities of Africa such as Accra, more and more children are living on the strets. Poor and neglected, and living under unhealthy and even...

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