An Analysis of The Son of Cod by Mark Kurlansky (711 words, 1 pages)
Son of cod...Salt A World HistoryMark KurlanskyJonathan Cape 17.99, pp484Commodity history has been the boom genre of non-fiction over the past decade. There have been histories written of the potato (twice), sugar (twice), coffee (thrice), gold (twice), jade, porcelain (splendidly, once), various dyes (mauve, indigo), nutmeg and sundry other spices. ...
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