Salt : a world history
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
History
xii, 484 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
9780802713735, 9781417675166, 9780142001615, 0802713734, 1417675160, 0142001619
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| Introduction The Rock | 1 | (16) | |||
| PART ONE A Discourse on Salt, Cadavers, and Pungent Sauces | |||||
| 17 | (19) | |||
| 36 | (16) | |||
| 52 | (9) | |||
| 61 | (19) | |||
| 80 | (11) | |||
| 91 | (18) | |||
| PART TWO The Glow of Herring and the Scent of Conquest | |||||
| 109 | (20) | |||
| 129 | (15) | |||
| 144 | (18) | |||
| 162 | (17) | |||
| 179 | (21) | |||
| 200 | (14) | |||
| 214 | (11) | |||
| 225 | (13) | |||
| 238 | (19) | |||
| 257 | (19) | |||
| 276 | (15) | |||
| PART THREE Sodium's Perfect Marriage | |||||
| 291 | (12) | |||
| 303 | (15) | |||
| 318 | (15) | |||
| 333 | (22) | |||
| 355 | (14) | |||
| 369 | (19) | |||
| 388 | (11) | |||
| 399 | (27) | |||
| 426 | (25) | |||
| Acknowledgments | 451 | (2) | |||
| Bibliography | 453 | (14) | |||
| Index | 467 |