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010 _a2004270006
020 _a0142001619 (pbk.)
020 _a9780142001615 (pbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)51565424
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100 1 _aKurlansky, Mark.
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245 1 0 _aSalt :
_ba world history /
_cMark Kurlansky.
260 _aNew York :
_bPenguin Books,
_c2003.
300 _ax, 484 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c20 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 453-465) and index.
505 0 _apt. 1. A discourse on salt, cadavers, and pungent sources. A mandate of salt -- Fish, fowl, and pharaohs -- Saltmen hard as codfish -- Salt's salad days -- Salting it away in the Adriatic -- Two ports and the prosciutto in between -- pt. 2. The glow of herring and the scent of conquest. Friday's salt -- A Nordic dream -- A well-salted hexagon -- The Hapsburg pickle -- The leaving of Liverpool -- American salt wars -- Salt and independence -- Liberté, egalité, tax breaks -- Preserving independence -- The war between the salts -- Red salt -- pt. 3. Sodium's perfect marriage. The odium of sodium -- The mythology of geology -- The soil never sets on ... -- Salt and the great soul -- Not looking back -- The last salt days of Zigong -- Ma, la, and Mao -- More salt than fish -- Big salt, little salt.
520 _aExplores the role of salt in shaping history, discussing how one of the world's most sought-after commodities has influenced economics, science, politics, religion, and eating customs.
650 0 _aSalt industry and trade
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