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Summary:
Kurlansky, author of "Cod" and "The Basque History of the World" takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance--salt, the only rock humans eat-- and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning. 7 maps. 40 photos. 15 recipes.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-465) and index.
Contents:
- Introduction: The Rock
- Pt. 1. A Discourse on Salt, Cadavers, and Pungent Sauces
- Ch. 1. A Mandate of Salt
- Ch. 2. Fish, Fowl, and Pharaohs
- Ch. 3. Saltmen Hard as Codfish
- Ch. 4. Salt's Salad Days
- Ch. 5. Salting it Alway in the Adriatic
- Ch. 6. Two Ports and the Prosciutto in Between
- Pt. 2. The Glow of Herring and the Scent of Conquest
- Ch. 7. Friday's Salt
- Ch. 8. A Nordic Dream
- Ch. 9. A Well-Salted Hexagon
- Ch. 10. The Hapsburg Pickle
- Ch. 11. The Leaving of Liverpool
- Ch. 12. American Salt Wars
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- Ch. 13. Salt and Independence
- Ch. 14. Liberte, Egalite, Tax Breaks
- Ch. 15. Preserving Independence
- Ch. 16. The War Between the Salts
- Ch. 17. Red Salt
- Pt. 3. Sodium's Perfect Marriage
- Ch. 18. The Odium of Sodium
- Ch. 19. The Mythology of Geology
- Ch. 20. The Soil Never Sets On ...
- Ch. 21. Salt and the Great Soul
- Ch. 22. Not Looking Back
- Ch. 23. The Last Salt Days of Zigong
- Ch. 24. Ma, La, and Mao
- Ch. 25. More Salt than Fish
- Ch. 26. Big Salt, Little Salt.
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