In Memoriam Sidney Mintz
It is no surprise that when the anthropologist Sidney Mintz died on December 26th, obituaries flooded the media. I particularly liked this essay by a former graduate student, Sarah Hill.…
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I love lists of good books, especially if they refrain from inflated claims about being the best books. There are so many good books out there, they are so diverse,…
Read moreThose brown spots, swollen joints and tender gums
He was just a little boy. He lived in the country. So why were brown spots spreading on his skin, why were his joints swollen and aching, why were his…
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