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Zusatztext 'An entertainingly anecdotal and lovingly partisan history.' Independent.Homer called salt a divine substance. Plato described it as especiallydear to the gods. As Mark Kurlanksy so brilliantly relates in his world-encompassingnew book! salt has shaped civilization from the beginning! and its storyis a glittering! often surprising part of the history of mankind. So valuablethat it has often served as currency (and still does in places today)!salt inspired the earliest trade routes across unknown oceans and the remotestdeserts... Informationen zum Autor Mark Kurlansky is the author of 23 books of fiction, nonfiction, children's writing . His best-selling Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World won the 1999 James Beard Award for Food Writing and the 1999 Glenfiddich Award. His other works include: Salt , The Basque History of the World and the short story collection The White Man in the Tree . He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.
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Refreshing and invigorating, full of fascinating fact Independent on Sunday
