Salt：A World History

MarkKurlansky,thebestsellingauthorofCodandTheBasqueHistoryoftheWorld,hereturnshisattentiontoacommonhouseholditemwithalongandintriguinghistory:salt.Theonlyrockweeat,salthasshapedcivilizationfromtheverybeginning,anditsstoryisaglittering,oftensurprisingpartofthehistoryofhumankind.Asubstancesovaluableitservedascurrency,salthasinfluencedtheestablishmentoftraderoutesandcities,provokedandfinancedwars,securedempires,andinspiredrevolutions.Populatedbycolorfulcharactersandfilledwithanunendingseriesoffascinatingdetails,Kurlansky'skaleidoscopichistoryisasupremelyentertaining,multi-layeredmasterpiece.