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Pre-Owned Salt (Hardcover) 0676972683 9780676972689

Name: Pre-Owned Salt (Hardcover) 0676972683 9780676972689
Brand: Knopf Canada
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ISBN: 9780676972689
Condition: New
Hard cover
Language: English
Pages: 496
Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 496 p.
From the award-winning and bestselling author of "Cod" comes the dramatic, human story of a simple substance, an element almost as vital as water, that has created fortunes, provoked revolutions, directed economies and enlivened our recipes.
Salt is common, easy to obtain and inexpensive. It is the stuff of kitchens and cooking. Yet trade routes were established, alliances built and empires secured all for something that filled the oceans, bubbled up from springs, formed crusts in lake beds, and thickly veined a large part of the Earth s rock fairly close to the surface. From pre-history until just a century ago when the mysteries of salt were revealed by modern chemistry and geology no one knew that salt was virtually everywhere. Accordingly, it was one of the most sought-after commodities in human history. Even today, salt is a major industry. Canada, Kurlansky tells us, is the world s sixth largest salt producer, with salt works in Ontario playing a major role in satisfying the Americans insatiable demand.
As he did in his highly acclaimed "Cod," Mark Kurlansky once again illuminates the big picture by focusing on one seemingly modest detail. In the process, the world is revealed as never before."

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History, Travel & Nature
Pages
496
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9780676972689. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 496. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 496 p. From the award-winning and bestselling author of "Cod" comes the dramatic, human story of a simple substance, an element almost as vital as water, that has created fortunes, provoked revolutions, directed economies and enlivened our recipes.
Salt is common, easy to obtain and inexpensive. It is the stuff of kitchens and cooking. Yet trade routes were established, alliances built and empires secured all for something that filled the oceans, bubbled up from springs, formed crusts in lake beds, and thickly veined a large part of the Earth s rock fairly close to the surface. From pre-history until just a century ago when the mysteries of salt were revealed by modern chemistry and geology no one knew that salt was virtually everywhere. Accordingly, it was one of the most sought-after commodities in human history. Even today, salt is a major industry. Canada, Kurlansky tells us, is the world s sixth largest salt producer, with salt works in Ontario playing a major role in satisfying the Americans insatiable demand.
As he did in his highly acclaimed "Cod," Mark Kurlansky once again illuminates the big picture by focusing on one seemingly modest detail. In the process, the world is revealed as never before."

ISBN: 9780676972689
Condition: New
Hard cover
Language: English
Pages: 496
Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 496 p.
From the award-winning and bestselling author of "Cod" comes the dramatic, human story of a simple substance, an element almost as vital as water, that has created fortunes, provoked revolutions, directed economies and enlivened our recipes.
Salt is common, easy to obtain and inexpensive. It is the stuff of kitchens and cooking. Yet trade routes were established, alliances built and empires secured all for something that filled the oceans, bubbled up from springs, formed crusts in lake beds, and thickly veined a large part of the Earth s rock fairly close to the surface. From pre-history until just a century ago when the mysteries of salt were revealed by modern chemistry and geology no one knew that salt was virtually everywhere. Accordingly, it was one of the most sought-after commodities in human history. Even today, salt is a major industry. Canada, Kurlansky tells us, is the world s sixth largest salt producer, with salt works in Ontario playing a major role in satisfying the Americans insatiable demand.
As he did in his highly acclaimed "Cod," Mark Kurlansky once again illuminates the big picture by focusing on one seemingly modest detail. In the process, the world is revealed as never before."

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Book format

Hardcover

Fiction/nonfiction

Non-Fiction

Genre

History, Travel & Nature

Pages

496

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