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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 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.
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'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

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

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Beacon Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 14, 1997
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 170 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807046299
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807046296
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.43 x 8.75 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #358,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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    4.3 out of 5 stars (21)

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Sidney W. Mintz is professor emeritus, department of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. He founded the department there in 1975. He has done extensive field research in Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Haiti, as well as in Iran. He launched a research program in Hong Kong to study the consumption and production of soybean and examine soy products in the United States.

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  • Bob Newman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Digest
    Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2017
    Format: Paperback
    Sidney Mintz had long been an expert on the history of sugar and its role in Western history (slavery, colonialism, capitalism, cultural mixing) when he published this book in 1996. It is a clear and most easily read book of anthropology dealing with food and food habits over time. Although his general topic is 'Food', his prior interests can't help influencing his direction towards sugar and sweetness. For example, one chapter is devoted to the contrasting stories of honey and sugar, a contest overwhelmingly won by sugar as European powers established colonies in the West Indies and elsewhere devoted to growing sugar cane. In another short chapter, Mintz ponders the two contrasting desires in Western culture (and maybe in others too), that is, the wish to live in and see around us "pure" nature, unspoiled and unsullied. Food from such environments is seen as better. There are whole supermarket chains devoted to bringing you such food. On the other hand, everyone likes comfort, ease, and safety. People see science as providing such things. They tend to follow "scientific" advice. But, as the author points out, these two desires are often contradictory. He cloaks these views with a history of marzipan! A long essay asks if there is any such thing as American cuisine. Mintz argues that regional cuisines are the only real cuisines----take French, Italian, Chinese or Indian cuisines----is there really a "national" cuisine in any of these well-known cases? He says no, cuisine being based on local food supplies and traditions of cooking. He condemns the American habit of seizing on any local food, turning it into a fad, but on the way totally changing it from its original form in the interest of packaging, storage, and quick sales. There are many other interesting observations and stories to be found, though a few of his ideas may not prove very long lasting.
    I really enjoyed reading this book which is at once thought-provoking and entertaining. If history and anthropology are at all interesting to you, I suggest reading TASTING FOOD, TASTING FREEDOM.
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  • Boardgamer, PHD
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good but uneven.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2016
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    While some of the essays are uneven, on the whole it is a good book. Sidney Mintz (who passed away recently) has created a body of work that is as timely now as it was when he began. I recommend reading Sweetness and Power. It is a classic.
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  • Hilla Paz
    3.0 out of 5 stars Review
    Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2014
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    well, it is the book i wanted, and even though it took a while to get to me (troubles with the post office, not the sender, i believe), the book is all marked with comments of the former reading. in every page, even paragraph, and on the end of each chapter. all the pages are intact and all, but it is not a good or very good status of a book. in some pages there are so many markes that it's impossible to read some of the lines.
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  • WhereIsMayLing
    4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting very short read to get up to speed on the subject
    Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2009
    Format: Paperback
    Thematically this book is fantastic. The linkage between food consumption and political and sociological change is in fact rarely consider in the march of progress. His linkage of sugar, the sugar trade, to both the evolution of what is considered upper and lower caste is fascinating. I also loved the idea that sugar and coffee allowed for the greater than 8 hour work day and allowed for a certain type of domination over others. I wish he'd also considered tea (the other caffinated beverage).

    Where the book could be expanded upon is to include greater comparison among a variety of cultures Eastern and Western. It would be interested to have greater discussions about the triangular trade (although I suspect he believes he is building upon this). I also think that his conclusions may not show a true appreciation for all the variables/probabilities in such a dire direction for food. I do not agree that the US may be doomed as a function of population to an Asian diet which would put us in competition with the world for food.
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  • Bujji
    3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
    Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2012
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    I love sidney Mintz work, too many good reviews. But I keep wondering is this the same book...I intended to order or what?! I was looking for 'History of Sugar'. Anyhow...I never kept this book aside, very interesting.
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  • Jayfred
    1.0 out of 5 stars Not recommended.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2017
    Format: Paperback
    Boring essays.
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