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Mintz viewed Alexander Lesser as a pioneer in bringing a political and historical approach to anthropology. In the 1980s, Sid helped Professor Lesser publish many of his articles in a collection entitled History, Evolution, and the Concept of Culture: Selected Papers by Alexander Lesser (1985).
Unpublished Interview, Ashraf Ghani, “the Formation of an anthropologist,” pp. 122–123.
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I would like to thank Dong-A University for supporting this research. Also, Jason Antrosio, Diane Austin-Broos, Herbert Lewis, and Anthony Marcus provided helpful comments that improved this paper. I especially appreciate Herb Lewis's help in contextualizing the MUS regarding the history of anthropology at Columbia University.
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Baca, G. Sidney W. Mintz: from the Mundial Upheaval Society to a dialectical anthropology. Dialect Anthropol 40, 1–11 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10624-016-9411-z
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