Salt

Eine detailreiche Geschichte des Salzes von dem Autor von Cod und The White Man in the Tree, die Politik, Handel, Religion und Wissenschaft aufs Interessanteste miteinander verbindet. Absolut faszinierend!

Zusatztext 'An entertainingly anecdotal and lovingly partisan history.' Independent.Homer called salt a divine substance. Plato described it as especiallydear to the gods. As Mark Kurlanksy so brilliantly relates in his world-encompassingnew book! salt has shaped civilization from the beginning! and its storyis a glittering! often surprising part of the history of mankind. So valuablethat it has often served as currency (and still does in places today)!salt inspired the earliest trade routes across unknown oceans and the remotestdeserts... Informationen zum Autor Mark Kurlansky is the author of 23 books of fiction, nonfiction, children's writing . His best-selling Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World won the 1999 James Beard Award for Food Writing and the 1999 Glenfiddich Award. His other works include: Salt , The Basque History of the World and the short story collection The White Man in the Tree . He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter. Klappentext B format edition of Kurlansky's history of salt and its influence on the events of history and on the culinary traditions of nations around the world. A multi-layered blend of politics! commerce! science! religion and food writing which comes together to provide a quirky and hugely enjoyable piece of non-fiction. B/w illus. Zusammenfassung Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. As Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of mankind. Wars have been fought over salt and, while salt taxes secured empires across Europe and Asia, they have also inspired revolution - Gandhi's salt march in 1930 began the overthrow of British rule in India. From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is produced to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of world history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale. ...

Autorentext

Mark Kurlansky is the author of 23 books of fiction, nonfiction, children's writing. His best-selling Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World won the 1999 James Beard Award for Food Writing and the 1999 Glenfiddich Award. His other works include: Salt, The Basque History of the World and the short story collection The White Man in the Tree. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.

Klappentext

B format edition of Kurlansky's history of salt and its influence on the events of history and on the culinary traditions of nations around the world. A multi-layered blend of politics, commerce, science, religion and food writing which comes together to provide a quirky and hugely enjoyable piece of non-fiction. B/w illus.

Zusammenfassung

Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. As Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of mankind. Wars have been fought over salt and, while salt taxes secured empires across Europe and Asia, they have also inspired revolution - Gandhi's salt march in 1930 began the overthrow of British rule in India.

From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is produced to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of world history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.