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When Worlds Collide presents a groundbreaking portrayal of what happened after Columbus, as the Old World began to encounter the New World. Host Ruben Martínez, Emmy Award-winning journalist, author of the acclaimed Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail (Picador) and a leading voice in the highly charged immigration debate, journeys through space and time to explore the rise of a new culture that w...

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When Worlds Collide
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30 VIDEOS

Africans / Fall of Caste System
4:15 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13

Bartholeme
3:51 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13

Charles V / Need for Gold
4:59 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13

Convent and Mestizos
4:11 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13

Diego de Landa - New World Inquisition
1:32 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13

Faith of Philip
3:13 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13

Importance of the Mine at Potosi
5:38 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13

Indigenous Identities Survive
2:11 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13

Intro to Mestizo Culture
3:24 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13

Lady of Guadalupe
3:45 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13

New World Empires
1:54 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13

New World Foods
1:37 Air Date 09/27/10 Expires 09/27/13
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