Sidney Wilfred Mintz Books
Sweetness and power
In thid book the author shows how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modern life, and how it changed the history of capitalism and in...
Read MoreThree ancient colonies
"As a young anthropologist, Sidney Mintz undertook fieldwork in Jamaica, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. Fifty years later, the eminent scholar of the Caribbean returns to those experiences to meditate on...
Read MoreCaribbean contours
By Sally Price, Sidney Wilfred Mintz
For review see: Christopher Abel, in Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 18, part 2 (November 1986); p. 498-499; Montalban, no. 19 (1987); p. 348.
Read MoreCaribbean contours
By Sally Price, Sidney Wilfred Mintz
For review see: Christopher Abel, in Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 18, part 2 (November 1986); p. 498-499; Montalban, no. 19 (1987); p. 348.
Read MoreTasting Food, Tasting Freedom
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...
Read MoreVoodoo in Haiti
By Hugo Charteris, Alfred Metraux, Sidney Wilfred Mintz
"Study of the lives and rituals of the Haitian mambos and adepts, and of the history and origins of their religion"--Back cover. A master work of observation and description about the lives and ri...
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