Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom : Excursions into Eating, Power, and the Past

Sidney Wilfred 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 how.

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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.