Salt Paperback / softback
by Mark Kurlansky
Paperback / softback
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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:496 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:06/03/2003
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- ISBN:9780099281993
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Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:496 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:06/03/2003
- Category:
- ISBN:9780099281993