HIST 840
SYLLABUS
WEEKLY DISCUSSION MATERIALS
COURSE MATERIALS

WEEK 5

HOUSES OF HUNTER-GATHERERS; HEAT AND LIGHT

Readings:

Moore, The Prehistory of Home, Chapter 3 (“Mobile Homes”), pp. 32-47

Bryson, At Home, Chapter 6 (“The Fusebox”)

Fernand Braudel, Civilization & Capitalism, 15th-18 Century, vol. 1: The Structures of Everyday Life. Trans. Siân Reynolds. New York: Harper and Row, 1981, pp. 298-302 (+notes on p. 589).

Ruth Schwartz Cowan, More Work for Mother, pp. 89-97 [https://huntersocfamilies.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/ruth-schwartz-cowan-more-work-for-mother.pdf]

 

Videos:

Mesolith: Building the First House (6:48 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O22LMgS4V4

Hadzabe Hut Building [in north-central Tanzania, c. 2012] (22 min.; watch 1:00-5:00 and 15:00-16:00 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2LJDIhjXC4

Mammoth Bone Huts of Mezhirich [Ukraine] (4:08 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNP8ZjZ_cRU

Westinghouse: The electric lighting at the Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, 1893, and the duel between Westinghouse’s alternating current, and Edison’s direct current:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwGRDrIk2A4 (2:23 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqsYm3xEEHc (4:04 min.)

Barry Lyndon (1975): Playing cards by candlelight (4:04 min.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT7IYpjcpD4

Gavin Finney: Working with Candlelight – Cinematography Masterclass (11:49 min.):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOZ2rtxMDGo