Word: shogunate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Foreign Cultures realm, the word is, "Stay at home." Such staples as "Sources of Indian Civilization," "Shogun" and "Carribean Societies" are not being offered, although Middle Eastern buffs might want to check out Assistant Professor of Government and Social Studies Houchang E. Chehabi's fall class on "Society, Religion, and Politics in Iran...
Fukuhara says that many students said theirinterest in "Monuments" was stimulated by Corecourses offered in the fall, such as ForeignCultures 42, "Building the Shogun's Realm," andForeign Cultures 26, "Industrial East Asia...
...know about that, but I could tell you about the Shogun," the student answers hopefully...
...Alex Haley's Roots and changed the face of television. Roots proved that TV dramas, once confined to neat two-hour blocks, could draw huge audiences when stretched into week-long programming "events." Not all the mini-series that followed Roots were hits, but a few -- Holocaust in 1978, Shogun in 1980, The Thorn Birds in 1983 -- have been among the most watched TV programs ever...
JAPAN (PBS, debuting April 4, 9 p.m. EST on most stations). From shogun days to postwar boom, a four-week look at the country's history and culture...