{"product_id":"salt-a-world-history","title":"Salt - A World History","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\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. From 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\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Randomhouse SA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52455879508256,"sku":"9780099281993","price":345.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/2916\/0559\/files\/9780099281993_e707337d-824a-47c6-8c42-fe2d0b8aa74b.jpg?v=1790332694","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookkeepershop.co.za\/products\/salt-a-world-history","provider":"The Book Keeper Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}