Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions

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Basking With the Basques
Episode overview
Burt visits the Basque country which straddles the border between southwest France and northeast Spain.
15x2
Coming to America
Episode overview
Burt takes a look at the European immigrants that came to America during the late 1800s.
15x3
Nature vs. Nurture
Episode overview
Burt takes a look at the debate of whether our genes or environment make us who we are by talking with people who were born in Taiwan but move to the U.S. at an early age.
15x4
Women @ Work
Episode overview
Burt travels to New York City; Fairfield, Conn.; Washington, D.C.; and Zurich, Switzerland to talk with historians of women at work.
15x5
The Girl With the Book
Episode overview
Burt looks at the changes in women's education over the centuries.
15x6
It's a Good Thing
Episode overview
Burt looks at the tradition of women entrepreneurs and how half of the businesses he now visits were started by women.