Bridging World History
Season 1 • Episode 18: Rethinking the Rise of the West • Watch with subtitles
Episode 18: Rethinking the Rise of the West
April 30, 2004 • 28 min
How does historical scholarship change over time, and why do the perspectives of historians shift? This unit recaps the economic and political events that led to the rise of the West, but examines and re-examines those events through differing opinions of its causes, reflecting changes in historical interpretation.
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