Salt : a world history / Mark Kurlansky.
Salt : a world history / Mark Kurlansky.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Walker and Co, 2002.
Date
2002.
Call Numbers
N333.85632/ 1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 484 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Contents
Discourse on salt, cadavers, and pungent sources: Mandate of salt -- Fish, fowl, and pharoahs -- Saltmen hard as codfish -- Salt's salad days -- Salting it away in the Adriatic -- Two ports and the prosciutto in between -- Glow of herring and the scent of conquest: Friday's salt -- Nordic dream -- W...
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Publisher
New York : Walker and Co, 2002.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2002.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This book takes a look at an ordinary substance--salt, the only rock humans eat--and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning.
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Full title
Salt : a world history / Mark Kurlansky.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-65) and index.
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N333.85632/ 1
Record Identifier
74VvbwdyGv0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvbwdyGv0X
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ISBN
0802713734
9780802713735
DDC
333.85632
553.6309
MMS ID
991014703029702626
