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Salt

By Mark Kurlansky

Salt General education

Salt

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Description
Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. As Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of mankind. Wars have been fought over salt and, while salt taxes secured empires across Europe and Asia, they have also inspired revolution - Gandhi's salt march in 1930 began the overthrow of British rule in India. From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is produced to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of world history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
496
Release Date:
2003-03-06
Publication Date:
2003-03-06
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0099281996
ISBN13:
9780099281993
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
346 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
37 cm
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