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  1. Return to the Brouck, The Fenland, Forty Years on (2010)

    Director
    Colette Piault
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £20.00

    In 1970, documentary filmmaker Colette Piault and her colleagues produced a film on the lives of a group of young people living in the Brouck (the Audomarois Fenland) area of Northern France. Forty years...

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  2. China’s Capitalist Revolution (2009)

    Producer
    Robert Coldsream
    Subject
    Economics; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £330.00

    This programme tells the little-known story of Deng Xiaoping, the successor to Chairman Mao who attempted to start opening up the country to the West and introduce capitalist principles to the Chinese. When...

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  3. 'It’s a Young Country’: Turkey and Akbank (2009)

    Director
    Charles K. Mann; Franco Sacchi
    Subject
    Social sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 18 minutes), $165.00 [Institutional rate]

    Commissioned to make a film for a teaching case at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, filmmaker Charles Mann drew upon seven years as a working economist in Turkey to produce a film that captures the...

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  4. Financing Naumuwongo (1998 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 15 min., 2000 sale: US$25.00 (VHS PAL)

    Focuses on the low-income financing scheme designed to support householders reconstruct their houses after they had been allocated plots within the new site plan drawn up for Namuwongo in Uganda. Analyses...

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  5. Fuelling the Philippine Tiger (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Mercia Seminara
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    After years of military dictatorship, the Philippines is now giving priority to economic development by opening its doors to international companies. This programme looks at the problems relating to the...

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  6. Vietnam Today (2 Parts) (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Paul C Falcone
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20, 52 min., 1997 sale: £32.00 (+VAT +p&p) part 1 1997 sale: £38.00 (+VAT +p&p) part 2

    Two programmes looking at life in Vietnam today and examining the changes underway which are aimed at gaining Vietnam a place in the modern industrialised world. 1: Long a target of invaders due to its...

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  7. Your Steps Will Be Close to Mine (1994 Video)

    Director
    Svetlana Sokolova
    Subject
    Anthropology; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. col. VHS. 30 min., 1998 sale: 30 ecu (+p&p)

    Looks at the social and economic split between Russians and the indiginous people of Yakutia, resulting from the recent upsurge of economic activity in Siberia, stimulated by foreign investment. Also tells...

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  8. 12 Days to Save the World (1993 Video)

    Director
    Frank Stapleton
    Producer
    Catherine Tiernan
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    Economist Marcus Arruda analyses the UN Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. The Cuban president Fidel Castro warned that man is in danger of disappearing because of the fast and progressive...

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  9. Amazon Rainforest (1993 Video)

    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min., 1997 sale: £28.75 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the changes that the Amazon rainforest is undergoing. Oil companies and settlers are upsetting the delicate balance in the forest, home to indigenous people for ten thousands years. The Huaorani...

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  10. Tukang Sampah: Masters of Waste (1993 Video)

    Director
    Boris Terpinc
    Producer
    Franziska Strohbusch; Boris Terpinc
    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 45 min., 1999 sale: £30.00 (+VAT inc. p&p) (UK education)

    As in many developing countries, the recycling of rubbish in Indonesia is vital to the economic and social development of cities. Recycling municipal waste has transformed Surabaya into Indonesia’s...

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