A review by hwesta
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

funny informative slow-paced

4.5

Fascinating walk through history through the lens of salt. I particularly enjoyed the ancient sections, and discovering that state monopolies and taxation (ancient China) and rent seeing corporations getting rich (Venice) are both much older than I thought! Conversely, canning is much younger (early 1800s)
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