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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780142001615 |
Powells.com Staff Pick
I like salt. When I was younger and less self-conscious about eating a chip made from a potato paste, I used to lick each side of a Pringle until I found the saltier one, and put that side tongue-down so I could get the maximum salt intake. Salt is good. And yet, I honestly had no interest in reading about salt. It's a condiment! What's next, a heavily researched tome on catsup? Relish? Salsa? Imagine my surprise, then, to find that Kurlansky has managed to tell the history of salt in the context of the entire world's history — and he's actually pulled it off. Kurlansky makes a convincing argument that salt has shaped the course of civilization as we know it. Wars have been fought to obtain and control it, societies have collapsed without it — and just imagine McDonald's fries without that finely granulated salt they use! Kurlansky alternates intricate historical detail with pungent anecdotes, and the result is a book that informs while it entertains. And if it makes you a little hungry, well, you can find plenty of low-fat pretzels to satiate that salty desire. Bolton, Powells.com
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780142001615
- Subtitle:
- A World History
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books
- Location:
- New York
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- History
- Subject:
- Rocks & Minerals
- Subject:
- Salt industry and trade
- Subject:
- Salt
- Subject:
- World - General
- Subject:
- Civilization
- Copyright:
- 2003
- Edition Number:
- 1st paperback ed.
- Series Volume:
- 131-02
- Publication Date:
- January 28, 2003
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 498
- Dimensions:
- 7.98x5.22x.92 in. .73 lbs.










