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In his fifth work of nonfiction, Mark Kurlansky 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.
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Salt. A world History, Mark Kurlansky
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- Rok vydání
- 2003
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- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Mark Kurlansky
- Vydavatel
- Penguin Books
- Rok vydání
- 2003
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 498
- ISBN10
- 0142001619
- ISBN13
- 9780142001615
- Série
- Štítky
- Naučná literatura, Historické téma, Historie, Věda, Jídlo, Mikrohistorie
- Původní název
- Salt
- Hodnocení
- 3,75 z 5
- Anotace
- In his fifth work of nonfiction, Mark Kurlansky 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.