Unstable utopias global spread of socialism /

At the end of the 19th century, socialism was an idyllic dream among intellectuals. Sixty years later it had become a reality for much of the world. This program describes the expansion of socialist and Communist rule into Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and western Europe-showing the weaknesses that...

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Other Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Team Sound & Vision Inc.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2007], c2005.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (58 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Series: Heaven on earth (Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) : 2006).
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • History of Socialism in Europe (5:00)
  • Failure of Communism (5:14)
  • Britain's Labor Party and Clement Atlee (4:35)
  • Socialism in Britain Under Clement Atlee (4:19)
  • Kibbutz: Socialism on a Human Scale (7:03)
  • African Socialism in Tanzania (4:21)
  • Tanzania's Socialism Experiment (4:14)
  • Britain's Socialism and Economic Crisis in the 1970s (6:12)
  • Israel's Socialism Decline of the Kibbutzim (3:15)
  • Tanzania: From Socialism to Dictatorship (3:46)
  • Socialism: Failure in Tanzania (4:26)