-The paperback republication of these essays, first brought out in book form in 1974, is most welcome.... [T]his well-selected collection achieves a remarkable organization and unity.... A stimulating and important book.-
--Erika Bourguignon, Man
-The author provides stimulating introductions to each of the main sections of the book and succeeds in welding the studies into a meaningful whole.-
--Bruce Young, Geographical Review
-This is both a collection of many of Sidney Mintz's most important articles on Caribbean societies.... Always writing with care and elegance, and basing his arguments always on an unparalleled range of fieldwork in the area (Haiti, Puerto Rico, Jamaica) and superb social and cultural reconstructions, this may be Mintz's most important book to date.-
--Roger D. Abrahams, American Anthropologist
-The book is rich in information, ideas, suggestions and speculations. It deals judiciously with the complexities of the area, resisting the temptation to simplify, to provide neat solutions or pat or dogmatic answers to complex issues.-
--Erika Bourguignon, The Hispanic American Historical Review
-Sidney W. Mintz is one of the very few North American social scientists who have dedicated long careers exclusively to the Caribbean area, and he is probably the most gifted among them.... Mintz's work, in my opinion, belongs to the special class of excellent, mature, and finely balanced scholarship.-
--H. Hoetink, American Journal of Sociology
"The paperback republication of these essays, first brought out in book form in 1974, is most welcome.... [T]his well-selected collection achieves a remarkable organization and unity.... A stimulating and important book."
--Erika Bourguignon, Man
"The author provides stimulating introductions to each of the main sections of the book and succeeds in welding the studies into a meaningful whole."
--Bruce Young, Geographical Review
"This is both a collection of many of Sidney Mintz's most important articles on Caribbean societies.... Always writing with care and elegance, and basing his arguments always on an unparalleled range of fieldwork in the area (Haiti, Puerto Rico, Jamaica) and superb social and cultural reconstructions, this may be Mintz's most important book to date."
--Roger D. Abrahams, American Anthropologist
"The book is rich in information, ideas, suggestions and speculations. It deals judiciously with the complexities of the area, resisting the temptation to simplify, to provide neat solutions or pat or dogmatic answers to complex issues."
--Erika Bourguignon, The Hispanic American Historical Review
"Sidney W. Mintz is one of the very few North American social scientists who have dedicated long careers exclusively to the Caribbean area, and he is probably the most gifted among them.... Mintz's work, in my opinion, belongs to the special class of excellent, mature, and finely balanced scholarship."
--H. Hoetink, American Journal of Sociology
"The paperback republication of these essays, first brought out in book form in 1974, is most welcome.... [T]his well-selected collection achieves a remarkable organization and unity.... A stimulating and important book."
--Erika Bourguignon, Man
"The author provides stimulating introductions to each of the main sections of the book and succeeds in welding the studies into a meaningful whole."
--Bruce Young, Geographical Review
"This is both a collection of many of Sidney Mintz's most important articles on Caribbean societies.... Always writing with care and elegance, and basing his arguments always on an unparalleled range of fieldwork in the area (Haiti, Puerto Rico, Jamaica) and superb social and cultural reconstructions, this may be Mintz's most important book to date."
--Roger D. Abrahams, American Anthropologist
"The book is rich in information, ideas, suggestions and speculations. It deals judiciously with the complexities of the area, resisting the temptation to simplify, to provide neat solutions or pat or dogmatic answers to complex issues."
--Erika Bourguignon, The Hispanic American Historical Review
"Sidney W. Mintz is one of the very few North American social scientists who have dedicated long careers exclusively to the Caribbean area, and he is probably the most gifted among them.... Mintz's work, in my opinion, belongs to the special class of excellent, mature, and finely balanced scholarship."
--H. Hoetink, American Journal of Sociology
