Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom: Excursions into Eating, Power, and the Past
- ISBN-10
- 0807046299
- ISBN-13
- 9780807046296
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 170
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-08-14
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Author
- Sidney Wilfred Mintz
Description
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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- 1996
- 149 pages
- Paperback
- Beacon Press
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