Salt: A World History
| Publisher | Vintage Books |
| Lettering | Susanna Edward |
| Photography | Susanna Edward |
| Printed and Bound by | Clays Ltd, St Ives plc |
| Designed by | Chris Welch |
| First Published by | Jonathan Cape |
| Copyright Holder | Mark Kurlansky |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Great Britain |
| This Edition Published | 2003-03-06 |
| Copyright | 2002 |
| Pages / Font | 496 pages |
| ISBN | 978-0-099-28199-3 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099281996 |
| ISBN 13 | 978-0099281993 |
| Barcode | 9 780099 281993 |
| Price | UK £10.99 |
| Notes | 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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