{"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":"Mahala Independent Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63451145339210,"sku":"9780099281993","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5662\/5482\/files\/9780099281993.jpg?v=1788784457","url":"https:\/\/mahala.bg\/products\/salt-a-world-history-by-mark-kurlansky","provider":"Mahala Independent Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}