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484 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780224060844
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
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Homer called salt a divine substance, while Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Kurlansky blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into this history of the substance which he claims shaped civilizatio...
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484 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780224060844
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Homer called salt a divine substance, while Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Kurlansky blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into this history of the substance which he claims shaped civilizatio...