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

Brand: Beacon Press

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$22.46 - $29.02
UPC:
9780807046296
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
8/14/1997
Release Date:
8/14/1997
Author:
Sidney Mintz
Language:
english
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Product Overview

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.