Author: Mark Kurlansky
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 030736979X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
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.
Salt
Author: Mark Kurlansky
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 030736979X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 030736979X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
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.
Bulletin
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 986
Book Description
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 986
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Publisher: Disha Publications
ISBN: 9355645112
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher: Disha Publications
ISBN: 9355645112
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Lakhmir Singhs Science for Class 6
Author: Lakhmir Singh & Manjit Kaur
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
ISBN: 9352530225
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Lakhmir Singhs Science is a series of books which conforms to the NCERT syllabus. The main aim of writing this series is to help students understand difficult scientific concepts in a simple manner in easy language. The ebook version does not contain CD.
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
ISBN: 9352530225
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Lakhmir Singhs Science is a series of books which conforms to the NCERT syllabus. The main aim of writing this series is to help students understand difficult scientific concepts in a simple manner in easy language. The ebook version does not contain CD.
Science For Tenth Class Part 2 Chemistry
Author: LAKHMIR SINGH
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
ISBN: 9352831810
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A series of six books for Classes IX and X according to the CBSE syllabus
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
ISBN: 9352831810
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A series of six books for Classes IX and X according to the CBSE syllabus
1785-1790
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
Author: Royal Agricultural Society of England
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Vols. for 1933- include the societys Farmers' guide to agricultural research.
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Vols. for 1933- include the societys Farmers' guide to agricultural research.
Tariff Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
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Category : Dingley tariff
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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Category : Dingley tariff
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
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Experimental Agriculture
Author: James Finlay Weir Johnston
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science
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Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Category : Chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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