Mark Kurlansky

Broschiertes Buch

Salt

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Mark Kurlansky is the author of 23 books of fiction, nonfiction, children's writing. His best-selling Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World won the 1999 James Beard Award for Food Writing and the 1999 Glenfiddich Award. His other works include: Salt, The Basque History of the World and the short story collection The White Man in the Tree. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage / Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 538625
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9780099281993
• ISBN-10: 0099281996
• Artikelnr.: 11466913

Rezensionen

Refreshing and invigorating, full of fascinating fact Independent on Sunday