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More copies of this ISBN:Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions Into Eating, Power, and the Pastby Sidney W Mintz
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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. "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 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. "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 AuthorSidney W. Mintz is author of Worker in the Cane and Sweetness and Power and professor emeritus of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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