HIST 3109 Lecture Notes - Mind Control, Ecliptica, Soap
24 Feb 2014
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Lecture 1: sexy professor is sexy, wrote about divorce in a particular city during the french revolution. Important because divorce became legalized during the french revolution. Tuesday, september 10, 2013: ten-year period of very liberal divorce laws. His wife suggested he write about the history of wine. He began writing the history of wine came out in 2000 ( a short history of wine ). It drew on his long- standing interest in alcohol: age 16: living in new zealand, leaflet from local wine store for christmas. He ordered about 12 bottles of wines from the leaflet. He was underage, and they had a discussion, but she eventually let him have it: his parents had disapproved of drinking. The mother snuck the wine into his room: he began to study it, look for particular kinds of wines. They were super cheap in the early 60s: got a job in a restaurant, promoted quickly to wine steward, he still loves wine.
