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Neptune's Gift: A History of Common Salt
by Multhauf, Robert P
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0801854695
- ISBN 13
- 9780801854699
- Seller
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Datil, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. Softcover, [xviii], 325 pages. Near Fine condition. Size 6.872". "Common salt - a substance seemingly too ordinary to think about, yet it is the oldest of our raw materials and the basis of some of our newest inventions. Mythology and folklore abound in stories and proverbs about salt. It has been a source of revenue to governments from ancient China to ancien regime France to the United States. The search for this commodity ushered in the age of petroleum fuels. In the first comprehensive history of salt, Robert P. Multhauf deals with its production, uses, and role in the development of modern society." Includes b&w illustrations, bibliography and index. Book has light exterior shelfwear, else As New, clean and unmarked.. Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Florida Mountain Book Co. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008726
- Title
- Neptune's Gift: A History of Common Salt
- Author
- Multhauf, Robert P
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0801854695
- ISBN 13
- 9780801854699
- Publisher
- The Johns Hopkins University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, MD
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- HISTORY COMMERCE INDUSTRY COMMODITIES SALT
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About the Seller
Florida Mountain Book Co.
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Datil, New Mexico
About Florida Mountain Book Co.
The Florida Mountains are located in southwestern New Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Parsons family, proprietors of Florida Mountain Book Company, have been in the book business since 1996. Formerly the owners & operators of Readers' Cove Bookstore in Deming, New Mexico, beginning in May of 2012, we are now exclusively based on the internet.
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