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Books : Salt: A World History |
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Books : Salt: A World History |
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by: Mark Kurlansky
Dewey Decimal Number: 553.63209 EAN: 9780142001615 ISBN: 0142001619 Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 498 Publication Date: January 28, 2003 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Release Date: January 28, 2003 Sales Rank: 1264 Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Editorial Review: Related Items:
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 Rating: - Pleasant surpriseThis didn't sound very interesting by the title, but turned out to be fascinating. I really had no idea of salt's role in world history prior to reading this book. BTW, if in Poland, definitely visit the salt mine mentioned in the book, the tour is great. Rating:  - Full of flavorWhat a fabulous book! I never knew how important salt has been to human kind. The way history is interwoven with the mining,making and selling of salt is mind blowing. This book is truly a tasty way read and learn about the history of the world. Rating: - A superb history of an essential commoditySalt comes from the only family of rocks eaten by humans. Chloride is essentisal for digestion and respiration. Sodium, which the body, we learn, cannot manufacture, is necessary for the body to to transport nutrients and move muscles, such as the heart. Mark Kurlansky has written the definitive history of salt, laden with recipes, many of which are repulsive to the modern American taste, but were once a staple part of the diet. Salt is essential to human and animal life. Wrs hsve been fought over salt and the loss of the British Empire began with a protest over the tax on salt. That Kurlansky can make the history of what is now a common commodity fascinating over 452 pages is a credit to his skill. Every page brings to light new facts for the reader and where discovery lacks, Kurlansky plunks in a recipe. Overall, "Salt: A World History" should be required reading for American public school teachers so they emight be able to grasp both the beauty and importance of a knowledge of history - and then be given to their students to read and study instead of pap about "self-esteem" and "diversity". Salt is the world and Kurlansky looks into almost every culture and the nations they gave birth to for his history. It is truly and amazing work and even those with little interest in history would benefit from reading it. "Salt: A World History" so intrigued me in Kurlansky's skills that I now intend to read his history about cod, the fish that changed the world. Jerry Rating: - SaltA very interesting and in depth review of the "World of Salt" as only Mark Kurlansky can depict.....
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