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Sidney Mintz
![Sidney Mintz](/img/nopic_profile.png)
Born: November 16, 1922
Died: December 27, 2015 (aged 93)
Bio: Sidney Wilfred Mintz was an anthropologist best known for his studies of the Caribbean, creolization, and the anthropology of food.
Known for:
- Sweetness and power (1985)
- Worker in the cane (1960)
- Tasting food, tasting freedom (1996)
- The birth of African-American culture (1992)