TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kurlansky,Mark
TI  - Salt: a world history 
SN  - 0142001619 (pbk.)
AV  - TN900 .K865 2003
U1  - 553.6/32/09 22
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Salt
KW  - History
KW  - Salt industry and trade
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-465) and index; A discourse on salt, cadavers, and pungent sources. A mandate of salt -- Fish, fowl, and pharaohs -- Saltmen hard as codfish -- Salt's salad days -- Salting it away in the Adriatic -- Two ports and the prosciutto in between -- The glow of herring and the scent of conquest. Friday's salt -- A Nordic dream -- A well-salted hexagon -- The Hapsburg pickle -- The leaving of Liverpool -- American salt wars -- Salt and independence -- Libert�e, egalit�e, tax breaks -- Preserving independence -- The war between the salts -- Red salt -- Sodium's perfect marriage. The odium of sodium -- The mythology of geology -- The soil never sets on -- Salt and the great soul -- Not looking back -- The last salt days of Zigong -- Ma, la, and Mao -- More salt than fish -- Big salt, little salt
N2  - Explores the role of salt in shaping history, discussing how one of the world's most sought-after commodities has influenced economics, science, politics, religion, and eating customs
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2004270006-d.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2004270006-b.html
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