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Salt and Civilization

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. S. A. M. Adshead

    1. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Salt and Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Primitivity

      • S. A. M. Adshead
      Pages 3-26

    3. Antiquity

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      Pages 27-46

    4. The Dark and Light Ages

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      Pages 47-70

    5. The Middle Ages

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      Pages 71-98

    6. Late Tradition, Early Modernity

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      Pages 99-135

    7. Modernity

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      Pages 136-174

  3. Salt and the State

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
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    2. The Venetian Salt Administration

      • S. A. M. Adshead
      Pages 177-203

    3. The French Salt Administration

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      Pages 204-229

    4. The Habsburg Salt Administration

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      Pages 230-258

    5. The Ottoman Salt Administration

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      Pages 259-283

    6. The Indian Salt Administration under the Raj

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      Pages 284-320

    7. The Chinese Salt Administration under the Late Empire and Early Republic

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      Pages 321-358

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 359-417
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About this book

'Highly recommended as a thorough examination of the commodity history of salt'-The Geographical Journal. Salt has been called the primordial addiction. It has been an object of almost universal consumption since Neolithic times. This book sets out to place the particular histories of salt in a global perspective and write the history of a human commodity as a theme in world history. From pagan man, through classical Rome, Byzantium, early Islam, the Dark Ages, the Renaissance to the modern world, the production, distribution, consumption and taxation of salt are examined. The author shows how a history of salt cannot be separated from the histories of commerce, medicine, diet, cooking, taxation, invention and war. Although taken for granted today, salt has been of critical economic and cultural importance to countries and peoples throughout history; the instigator and catalyst to actions and events ranging from the first maritime expedition of Muslim forces to Columbus's discovery of America. After Salt and Civilization salt can not be taken for granted again.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    S. A. M. Adshead

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Salt and Civilization

  • Authors: S. A. M. Adshead

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21841-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: S. A. M. Adshead 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-53759-6Published: 12 December 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-21843-1Published: 01 January 1992

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-21841-7Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 417

  • Topics: Social History, Cultural History, Industries

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