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Sidney W. Mintz

Born

in Dover, New Jersey, The United States

November 16, 1922

Died

December 27, 2015

Genre

Anthropology

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Sidney W. Mintz was Research Professor and William L. Straus, Jr., Professor, Emeritus, in the Department of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. He was the author of Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History and Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Power, and the Past, among others.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 3,458 ratings · 298 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History 3.78 avg rating — 2,808 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Power, and the Past 3.66 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1996 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Worker in the Cane: A Puerto Rican Life History 3.66 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Birth of African-American Culture: An Anthropological Perspective by Sidney W. Mintz, Richard Price 3.72 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Ancient Colonies: Caribbean Themes and Variations 3.62 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caribbean Transformations 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1974 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caribbean Contours by Sidney W. Mintz (Editor), Sally Price (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slavery, Colonialism and Racism: Essays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Papers in Caribbean Anthropology 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anthropological Approach to the Afro-American Past: A Caribbean Perspective by Sidney W. Mintz, Richard Price 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Most of us, most of the time, act within plays the lines of which were written long ago, the images of which require recognition, not invention.”
― Sidney W. Mintz, Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History

tags: humanity, power

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“It is necessary to keep in mind both the trustfulness born of desperation, and the power we invest in the things we hold dear.”
― Sidney W. Mintz, Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History

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