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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48573453 Title: Salt : a world history Author: Mark Kurlansky Publisher: New York : Walker and Co., ©2002. ISBN/ISSN: 0802713734 9780802713735 OCLC:48573453

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Salt : a world history

Author:	Mark Kurlansky
Publisher:	New York : Walker and Co., ©2002.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
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.
Rating:	based on 2 rating(s) 2 with reviews
Subjects	Salt industry and trade -- History. Salt. Salt -- History. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Mark Kurlansky Find more information about:
ISBN:	0802713734 9780802713735
OCLC Number:	48573453
Description:	xii, 484 pages : illustrations, 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 -- Well-salted hexagon -- Hapsburg pickle -- Leaving of Liverpool -- American salt wars -- Salt and independence -- Liberte, egalite, tax breaks -- Preserving independence -- War between the salts -- Red salt -- Sodium's perfect marriage: Odium of sodium -- Mythology of geology -- Soil never sets on -- Salt and the great soul -- Not looking back -- Last salt days of Zigong -- Ma, La, and Mao -- More salt than fish -- Big salt, little salt.
Responsibility:	Mark Kurlansky.
More information:	Book review (H-Net) Book review (H-Net) Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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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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Mine has a different cover

by dave225 (WorldCat user published 2006-04-25) Very Good

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It looks different.Maybe the stories are the same though,, I don't knows.

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Interesting subject

by ungard (WorldCat user published 2006-04-25) Very Good

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This is a very interesting subject and seems to be a well-researched book. However, I find the writing to be a bit dry.

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