Salt: A World History
By Mark Kurlansky
Book published in 2003 (released 2003-01-28)
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Description
As its name implies, covers the world history on salt from ancient times through the modern world. Includes impact on trade, politics, wars, and industry, particularly noting the fairly recent change to a widely-available commodity in contrast to its value through most of human civilization.
Reviews
- Pete
- 2014-09-09
- Very well written and quite interesting, as it touches on various world civilizations throughout human history and the impact that salt made on their empires.