Salt

Resumen del libro

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 made to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of world history, a multilayered masterpiece that blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.

Biografía del autor

Mark Kurlansky es un autor best seller del New York Times con más de veintinueve libros publicados y ha trabajado como corresponsal en el extranjero para medios como The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald y The Philadelphia Inquirer. Vive en Nueva York.