Ancient Roman authors are firmly established in the Western canon, and yet the birth of Latin literature was far from inevitable. The cultural flourishing that eventually produced the Latin classics was one of the strangest events in history, as Denis Feeney demonstrates in this bold revision.
James Allen is credited by some as being the
progenitor of the personal growth movement and has influenced many of
today's leaders in the field including Norman Vincent Peale, Earl
Nightingale, Denis Waitley, Tony Robbins and Mark Victor Hansen, co-author
of the Chicken Soup books.
TMS - World’s First Superpower:
From Empire To Commonwealth, 1901–Present taught by Professor Denis Judd (London Metropolitan University)
This course will examine the development of the British Empire from the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, via its greatest territorial extent in 1919 to its eventual decline and end in the years after World War II, and its final transformation into the Commonwealth of independent nations.
We shall examine the material advantages that the Empire brought to Britain, and also scrutinize the burdens and anxieties that it imposed. It is important to realize what an extraordinary, complex, and huge organization the British Empire was. One quarter of the human race lived within its borders and it covered about the same amount of the globe.
We shall proceed chronologically, but also look closely at particular themes and interactions. Not every single unit in this huge global organization will be assessed, but we will seek to uncover the basic historical truths overall about what happened and why.
Professor Denis Judd (London Metropolitan University)
Denis Judd is Professor of British and Commonwealth History at London Metropolitan University. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, going on to take his Ph.D. at the University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a policy adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Offi...
James Allen is credited by some as being the
progenitor of the personal growth movement and has influenced many of
today's leaders in the field including Norman Vincent Peale, Earl
Nightingale, Denis Waitley, Tony Robbins and Mark Victor Hansen, co-author
of the Chicken Soup books.
TMS - World’s First Superpower: 
