Salt. The history of the world as told through salt, that has taken Instagram by storm
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- Nombre de pages496
- FormatePub
- ISBN978-1-4481-1320-0
- EAN9781448113200
- Date de parution30/09/2011
- Protection num.Adobe DRM
- Infos supplémentairesepub
- ÉditeurVintage Digital
Résumé
**DISCOVER THE VIRAL SENSATION**An indispensable yet illuminating history of the world, told through its most commonly mined, traded and consumed product: SaltHomer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. 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 was a pivotal act in his campaign to overthrow British rule in India.
From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soy 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.'Refreshing and invigorating, full of fascinating facts' Independent on Sunday'History, reportage, travel writing, wisdom and recipes - entertaining and enlightening...
The richness of Kurlansky's book would be hard to exaggerate' Sunday Times
From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soy 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.'Refreshing and invigorating, full of fascinating facts' Independent on Sunday'History, reportage, travel writing, wisdom and recipes - entertaining and enlightening...
The richness of Kurlansky's book would be hard to exaggerate' Sunday Times
