Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom - by Sidney Wilfred Mintz (Paperback)

Name: Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom - by Sidney Wilfred Mintz (Paperback)
Brand: Beacon Press
SKU: 78512613
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Highlights

A renowned anthropologist explores the history and meaning of eating in America.
About the Author: Sidney W. Mintz, author of Worker in the Cane, Carribbean Transformations, and Sweetness and Power is professor of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University.
170 Pages
Social Science, Anthropology

Description

Book Synopsis

A renowned anthropologist explores the history and meaning of eating in America.

Addressing issues ranging from the global phenomenon of Coca-Cola to the diets of American slaves, Sidney Mintz shows how our choices about food are shaped by a vast and increasingly complex global economy. He demonstrates that our food choices have enormous and often surprising significance.

Review Quotes

'A buffet of information.' --Gael McCarthy, The New York Times

'A collection of thoughtful. . . . essays. [Mintz's] writing is intellectually lively and stylistically colorful.' --Colman Andrews, Saveur

About the Author

Sidney W. Mintz, author of Worker in the Cane, Carribbean Transformations, and Sweetness and Power is professor of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.43 Inches (H) x 5.47 Inches (W) x .72 Inches (D)

Weight: .5 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 170

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Anthropology

Publisher: Beacon Press

Theme: Cultural & Social

Format: Paperback

Author: Sidney Wilfred Mintz

Language: English

Street Date: August 14, 1997

TCIN: 78512613

UPC: 9780807046296

Item Number (DPCI): 247-09-9016

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.72 inches length x 5.47 inches width x 8.43 inches height

Estimated ship weight: 0.5 pounds

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