Salt : a world history / Mark Kurlansky.
"From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is made to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of world history, a multilayered masterpiece that blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and cu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Books,
2003.
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| Summary: | "From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is made to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of world history, a multilayered masterpiece that blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0142001619 9780142001615 1442097779 9781442097773 |