{"product_id":"salt-a-world-history-by-mark-kurlansky","title":"Salt : A World History by Mark Kurlansky","description":"\u003cp\u003eHomer 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is produced to the Cheshire brine springs that supplied salt around the globe, Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of world history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends political, commercial, scientific, religious and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43531041538122,"sku":"6553i","price":11.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6553i.jpg?v=1776833409","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/salt-a-world-history-by-mark-kurlansky","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}