Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky, the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the World, here turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A substance so valuable it served as currency, salt has influenced the establishment of trade routes and cities, provoked and financed wars, secured empires, and inspired revolutions. Populated by colorful characters and filled with an unending series of fascinating details, Kurlansky's kaleidoscopic history is a supremely entertaining, multi-layered masterpiece. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-05-2009; A superb history of an essential commodity; Salt 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,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-02-2008; Good Read; A fascinating book that's a quick read. Some of the historical assertions seem a bit of a stretch to me,(the American and French Revolutions fought over salt?)but I'm not an historian, and the book makes good arguments for its case. I...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-01-2008; Pleasurable read about historys most important mineral; I am a geologist and this book was a great pleasure to read. Salt aka Halite is a important mineral to a geologist. This was a fun book to see how important is is to history.; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-13-2008; Ok...It was just Ok; I purchsed this book used, and that's just what I got: a used book. Some of the pages were bent and the cover a little worn, but other than that it was ok. It looked as if it had been read more than once. But that's what I...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-05-2009; A superb history of an essential commodity; Salt 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,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-22-2008; flawed but fascinating; "Salt: A World History" is exactly what the title advertises: stories about the production, trade, and use of salt from our earliest archaeological and written records through to modern times.Kurlansky's writing is serviceable at best...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-26-2008; Reads like someone's lame thesis; Man, this didn't work at all for me. Here's why:- It zipped past the ancient history (which is what I like) and spent most of its time on European and (white) American history (which I usually already know and don't care about anyway).-...; read full review | report as inappropriate