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Salt

Mark Kurlansky

An ordinary mineral connects food preservation, trade, taxes, empire, industry, and modern cuisine in a history of how people lived and governed.

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27 parts, about 31 minutes to read.

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Author
Mark Kurlansky
Parts
27 parts
Reading time
about 31 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. The Rock1 min
  2. A Mandate of Salt2 min
  3. Fish, Fowl, and Pharaohs1 min
  4. Saltmen Hard as Codfish1 min
  5. Salt’s Salad Days1 min
  6. Salting It Away in the Adriatic1 min
  7. Two Ports and the Prosciutto in Between1 min
  8. Friday’s Salt1 min
  9. A Nordic Dream1 min
  10. A Well Salted Hexagon1 min
  11. The Hapsburg Pickle1 min
  12. The Leaving of Liverpool1 min
  13. American Salt Wars1 min
  14. Salt and Independence1 min
  15. Liberté, Egalité, Tax Breaks1 min
  16. Preserving Independence1 min
  17. The War Between the Salts1 min
  18. Red Salt1 min
  19. The Odium of Sodium1 min
  20. The Mythology of Geology1 min
  21. The Soil Never Sets On . . .1 min
  22. Salt and the Great Soul2 min
  23. Not Looking Back1 min
  24. The Last Salt Days of Zigong1 min
  25. Ma, La, and Mao1 min
  26. More Salt than Fish2 min
  27. Big Salt, Little Salt2 min

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