The Story of the World

Other by Susan Wise Bauer

Released 24 October 2023

Tracklist

  • 1
    Opening Credits
    0:32
  • 2
    Foreward
    6:10
  • 3
    Chapter 1: Britain's Empire: Victoria's England
    7:51
  • 4
    Chapter 1: Britain's Empire: The Sepoy Mutiny
    7:23
  • 5
    Chapter 2: West Against East: Japan Re-Opens
    7:18
  • 6
    Chapter 2: West Against East: The Crimean War
    7:59
  • 7
    Chapter 3: British Invasions: The Great Game
    9:54
  • 8
    Chapter 3: British Invasions: Wandering Through Africa
    8:01
  • 9
    Chapter 4: Resurrection and Rebellion: Italy's "Resurrection"
    9:22
  • 10
    Chapter 4: Resurrection and Rebellion: The Taiping Rebellion
    9:02
  • 11
    Chapter 5: The American Civil War: South Against North
    8:43
  • 12
    Chapter 5: The American Civil War: After the Civil War
    7:51
  • 13
    Chapter 6: Two Tries For Freedom: Paraguay and the Triple Alliance
    9:19
  • 14
    Chapter 6: Two Tries For Freedom: The Dominion of Canada
    8:45
  • 15
    Chapter 7: Two Empires, Three Republic, and One Kingdom: Two Empires and Three Rebublics
    9:47
  • 16
    Chapter 7: Two Empires, Three Republic, and One Kingdom: The Second Reich
    8:17
  • 17
    Chapter 8: Becoming Modern: Rail, Zones, and Bulbs
    7:51
  • 18
    Chapter 8: Becoming Modern: Japan's Meiji Restoration
    6:58
  • 19
    Chapter 9: Two More Empires, Two Rebellions: The Dutch East Indies
    7:34
  • 20
    Chapter 9: Two More Empires, Two Rebellions: The Sick Man of Europe
    9:26
  • 21
    Chapter 10: A Canal to the East and a Very Dry Desert: The War of the Pacific
    8:28
  • 22
    Chapter 10: A Canal to the East and a Very Dry Desert: The Suez Canal
    7:20
  • 23
    Chapter 11: The Far Parts of the World: The Iron Outlaw
    9:13
  • 24
    Chapter 11: The Far Parts of the World: Carving Up Africa
    8:04
  • 25
    Chapter 12: Unhappy Unions: Ireland's Troubles
    9:16
  • 26
    Chapter 12: Unhappy Unions: The Boers and the British
    11:36
  • 27
    Chapter 13: The Old-Fashioned Emperor and the Red Sultan: Brazil's Republic
    9:41
  • 28
    Chapter 13: The Old-Fashioned Emperor and the Red Sultan: Abdulhamid the Red
    8:42
  • 29
    Chapter 14: Two Czars and Two Emperors: The Next-to-Last Czar of Russia
    8:06
  • 30
    Chapter 14: Two Czars and Two Emperors: Ethiopia and Italy
    8:37
  • 31
    Chapter 15: Small Countries With Large Invaders: The Korean Battleground
    8:14
  • 32
    Chapter 15: Small Countries With Large Invaders: The Spanish-American War
    10:03
  • 33
    Chapter 16: The Expanding United States: Moving West
    9:12
  • 34
    Chapter 16: The Expanding United States: Stocks, Philanthropists, and Outlaws
    9:21
  • 35
    Chapter 17: China's Troubles: The Boxer Rebellion
    10:41
  • 36
    Chapter 17: China's Troubles: The Czar and the Admiral
    9:16
  • 37
    Chapter 18: Europe and the Countries Just East: Persia, Its Enemies, and Its "Friends"
    11:31
  • 38
    Chapter 18: Europe and the Countries Just East: The Balkan Mess
    10:23
  • 39
    Chapter 19: China, Vietnam--and France: The Last Emperor
    7:38
  • 40
    Chapter 19: China, Vietnam--and France: The Vietnamese Restoration Society
    6:07
  • 41
    Chapter 20: Revolution In the Americas...War In the World: The Mexican Revolution
    10:11
  • 42
    Chapter 20: Revolution In the Americas...War In the World: World War I
    11:08
  • 43
    Chapter 21: A Revolution Begins, and the Great War Ends: The Russian Revolution
    11:18
  • 44
    Chapter 21: A Revolution Begins, and the Great War Ends: The End of World War I
    7:52
  • 45
    Chapter 22: National Uprisings: The Easter Uprising
    9:53
  • 46
    Chapter 22: National Uprisings: Indian Nationalism
    8:04
  • 47
    Chapter 23: "Peace" and a Man of War: The Peace of Versailles
    10:39
  • 48
    Chapter 23: "Peace" and a Man of War: The Rise of Joseph Stalin
    9:08
  • 49
    Chapter 24: The King and Il Duce: The First King of Egypt
    7:57
  • 50
    Chapter 24: The King and Il Duce: Fascism in Italy
    10:38
  • 51
    Chapter 25: Armies in China: Japan, China, and a Pretend Emperor
    9:05
  • 52
    Chapter 25: Armies in China: The Long March
    9:34
  • 53
    Chapter 26: The Great Crash, and What Came of It: Black Tuesday and a New Deal
    10:27
  • 54
    Chapter 26: The Great Crash, and What Came of It: Hitler's Rise to Power
    6:58
  • 55
    Chapter 27: Civil War and Invasion: Red Spain, Black Spain, a King, and a General
    10:56
  • 56
    Chapter 27: Civil War and Invasion: Rebuilding the "Fatherland"
    9:36
  • 57
    Chapter 28: The Second World War: The Three-War War
    9:55
  • 58
    Chapter 28: The Second World War: The Holocaust
    8:01
  • 59
    Chapter 29: The End of World War II: The War that Stretched Across the World
    14:05
  • 60
    Chapter 29: The End of World War II: The Atom Bomb
    8:24
  • 61
    Chapter 30: Partitioned Countries: Muslims and Hindus in India
    7:31
  • 62
    Chapter 30: Partitioned Countries: The Partitioning of Palestine
    6:45
  • 63
    Chapter 31: Western Bullies and American Money: The Suez Crisis
    10:26
  • 64
    Chapter 31: Western Bullies and American Money: The Marshall Plan
    9:59
  • 65
    Chapter 32: Africa and China After World War II: One Country, Two Different Worlds
    9:07
  • 66
    Chapter 32: Africa and China After World War II: Two Republics of China
    7:01
  • 67
    Chapter 33: Communism in Asia: Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh
    8:46
  • 68
    Chapter 33: Communism in Asia: The Korean War
    7:42
  • 69
    Chapter 34: Dictators in South America and Africa: Argentina's President and His Wife
    11:02
  • 70
    Chapter 34: Dictators in South America and Africa: Freedom in the Belgian Congo
    9:04
  • 71
    Chapter 35: The Cold War: The Space Race
    8:13
  • 72
    Chapter 35: The Cold War: Thirteen Days in October
    13:56
  • 73
    Chapter 36: Struggles and Assassinations: The Death of John F. Kennedy
    10:34
  • 74
    Chapter 36: Struggles and Assassinations: Civil Rights
    12:31
  • 75
    Chapter 37: Two Short Wars and One Long One: The Vietnam War
    9:44
  • 76
    Chapter 37: Two Short Wars and One Long One: Trouble in the Middle East
    10:13
  • 77
    Chapter 38: Two Ways of Fighting: Soviet Invasions
    7:54
  • 78
    Chapter 38: Two Ways of Fighting: Terrorism
    8:40
  • 79
    Chapter 39: The 1980s in the East and the Mideast: India After Partition
    9:05
  • 80
    Chapter 39: The 1980s in the East and the Mideast: Iran and Iraq
    10:26
  • 81
    Chapter 40: The 1980s in the USSR: Chernobyl and Nuclear Power
    10:13
  • 82
    Chapter 40: The 1980s in the USSR: The End of the Cold War
    6:23
  • 83
    Chapter 41: Communism Crumbles--but Survives: Democracy in China?
    8:50
  • 84
    Chapter 41: Communism Crumbles--but Survives: Communism Crumbles
    6:04
  • 85
    Chapter 42: The End of the Twentieth Century: The First Persian Gulf War
    7:38
  • 86
    Chapter 42: The End of the Twentieth Century: Africa, Independent
    9:09
  • 87
    Afterword
    1:38
  • 88
    Ending Credits
    0:35

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