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Salt
A World History
by Mark Kurlansky
ISBN: 0142001619
ISBN-13: 9780142001615
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Mark Kurlansky, who wrote COD, now turns his attention to salt, looking at its history and the odd associations it has had for people: it has been seen variously as divine, aphrodisiac, good for preserving food, useful for reviving zombies, and of course indispensable in the cuisines of many nations. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
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"It is Kurlansky's neat trick to be both encyclopedic and diverting, to leave no grain unturned as he ties one intriguing particular to another, through time and space, keeping the reader's attention: the story of a Cellini salt cellar, Moors in sky-blue robes moving caravans of salt to Timbuktu, Gandhi starting a revolution with a pinch of salt, the pecking order of salt qualities, why some salts have color, why when it rains Morton's still pours." -- Peter Lewis
-- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"I entered into this nearly five-hundred-page deal a skeptic wanting to be disappointed or bored, and I finished wanting more....One can only wonder what will catch Kurlansky's fancy next." -- Hans Weyandt
-- Ruminator Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published date: 2003
Size: 5 x 7.75 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 496
Publisher's Notes
A history of salt notes its role as currency, in the establishment of trade routes and cities, and as an agenda of war, noting key figures who played major parts in its manufacture and distribution. Reprint.
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