Sidney Mintz
Sidney Mintz · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Anthropologist known for 'Sweetness and Power' and Caribbean studies
1922, Dover, New Jersey, United States — 2015, Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States
United States · Caribbean
Sidney Mintz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Anthropologist known for 'Sweetness and Power' and Caribbean studies
Sidney Mintz was an American anthropologist who helped found the anthropology of food and modern Caribbean studies; his classic 'Sweetness and Power' traced how sugar linked Caribbean slavery to European industrial capitalism. The son of Jewish immigrants, he founded the anthropology department at Johns Hopkins University.
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Anthropologist known for 'Sweetness and Power' and Caribbean studies
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Anthropology
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