A review by bea_reads78
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

2.0

A history of the production, trade, and use of salt around the world with a focus on political and economic impacts. Though it is popular history, not academic, I wish there were footnotes because many bold claims are stated without context or evidence, and when I looked some of them up online I found there is considerable academic disagreement (especially in early sections of the book on archaeology, ancient history, through the Middle Ages). The author also does not attempt to pull out any greater themes, instead organizing the book by region and chronicling the progression of salt production, which is pretty dry for 450 pages. Almost total lack of information on Africa.