Neptune's Gift: A History of Common Salt.
Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. xviii + 326pp, b&w title page illustration. Bibliography, appendices & index. Color & b&w illustrations and maps. a volume in the Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology series. From the publisher's description: "Common salt is a substance seemingly too ordinary to think about -- yet it is the oldest of our raw materials & the basis of some of our newest inventions. Mythology & folklore abound in accounts of its power & importance. Salt has been a crucial source of revenue to governments from ancient china to "ancien regime" France & even the U.S. And the ongoing search for this valuable commodity ushered in the age of petroleum fuels. In the first comprehensive history of salt, Robert Multhauf tells the remarkable story of its production, its uses, & its role in various cultures from ancient times to the present." Just a hint of light shelf wear else a tight, clean near Fine copy. Item #72693
ISBN: 0801854695
Price: $12.00