History 3300

The History of Private Life

 

Steven Mintz

                   

John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History

Senior Associate Dean

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

University of Houston

 

 

About the Course:

 

This course traces the transformations that have taken in all aspects of private life since antiquity: in family life, sexuality, gender, and leisure activities.

 

 

Course Syllabus:

 

The course syllabus can be accessed directly from this site.

 

You can also access the lecture screen shows, which you can either download into your computer or view online.

 

 

Screen Shows:

 

For downloading:

 

Zipped Slides in PowerPoint Format

Zipped PowerPoint Viewer for Windows

MS PowerPoint for Windows 95 32-bit Viewer

Compression Utilities for Windows

PowerPlus PowerPoint Plug-In for Windows for Netscape

How to Set Up Netscape for Downloading PowerPoint Files

 

Online:

 

Introduction

The History of Manners

The History of Sex in the West

The Family as History

Humans, Animals, and the Natural World

The History of Pets

The Disenchantment of the World

The Abandonment of Children

The History of Children

Midterm Review

The History of Divorce

Women’s History

The History of Contraception

Cemeteries

Death and Dying

Cleanliness

Smoking

Growing Old

Age Consciousness

Advertising in American Culture

The Rise of a Consumer Culture

Mechanization and Human Consciousness

Sports

Film

The Personal as the Political