Salt: A World History
By Mark Kurlansky.
Description
Homer called salt a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Today we take salt for granted, a common, inexpensive substance that seasons food or clears ice from roads, a word used casually in expressions ("salt of the earth," take it with a grain of salt") without appreciating their deeper meaning. However, as Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates in his world- encompassing new book, salt―the only rock we eat―has shaped civilization from the very beginning. Its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of mankind.Until about 100 ...
ISBN(s)
0802713734, 9780802713735
