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Sweetness and power
Sweetness and power

By Sidney Wilfred Mintz

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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...

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Three ancient colonies
Three ancient colonies

By Sidney Wilfred Mintz

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"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...

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Caribbean contours
Caribbean contours

By Sally Price, Sidney Wilfred Mintz

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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.

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Caribbean contours
Caribbean contours

By Sally Price, Sidney Wilfred Mintz

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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.

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Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom
Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom

By Sidney W. Mintz

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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...

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Voodoo in Haiti
Voodoo in Haiti

By Hugo Charteris, Alfred Metraux, Sidney Wilfred Mintz

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"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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