Homer called salt a divine substance, while Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Kurlansky blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into this history of the substance.
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.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.342 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.9 cm |
| Book_author | Kurlansky, Mark |
| Publisher | Vintage |
| Imprint | Vintage |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 484 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | |
| Dewey | 333.85632 (edition:21) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
