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Salt : a world history

Mark Kurlansky (Author)
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. In this title, the author relates that salt has shaped civilisation from the beginning.
eBook, English, 2011
Vintage Canada, Toronto, Ontario, 2011