I am using it in my paper On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Eve Richardson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I enjoyed Salt: A World History - very interesting. Haven't read the > others yet. I am suspicious of anything/people that are supposed to be the > sole cause of any history, but I found out a lot I'd known nothing about. > > Eve > > On 04-Feb-2015 6:53 PM, Ralph Hancock wrote: > > Beatrice Hopkinson wrote: > >> Lampreys were abundant where we lived in England which was at Droitwich, >> in Worcestershire - an ancient salt town. >> Its where I first got interested in salt! >> > > Have you read Mark Kurlansky's _Salt: A World History_? He believes > that salt, cod and the Basques were more or less the motors of the > development of western civilisation, and has written a book on each of > these. He writes so passionately that you believe his claims, for a while. > And there is much curious information. > > RH > > > > > ------------------------------ > <http://www.avast.com/> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: > > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM1NjYzIHNlbGF2YW5AR01BSUwuQ09NIEFOQ0lFTlQtRk9PRC1URUNIIDfG47aKfNst&c=SIGNOFF > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: https://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH