Salt A World History

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.

ISBN:	9780099281993
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Vintage
Published date:	06 Mar 2003
DEWEY:	333.85632
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	484
Weight:	346g
Height:	197mm
Width:	130mm
Spine width:	31mm

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