salt

Reviews the history of salt, examines salt-related beliefs and legends, identifies places where salt is found, discusses battles over salt supplies, and looks at how salt is harvested, the benefits of salt use, and the salt trade. Considers the question of whether it is ethical to buy things made by children.

Discusses the history of salt, with photographs and illustrations, and explores the world's sources of salt, types of salt, salt's effects on the human body, salt rituals, and other topics; and includes a time line.

Discusses what salt is, where it is found, and some of its many uses; includes a simple experiment for growing salt crystals.

Chronicles the history of salt, discussing how it has shaped civilizations from the earliest beginnings of world history and how it has been used in different cultures.

Recounts the March to the Sea, in which, Mohandas Gandi and seventy protesters marched from Ahmedabad to Dandi, in twenty-four days, to protest the laws and taxes that Great Britain put on salt.

Describes the methods used to extract salt from the sea and from deep underground mines.

Provides information about salt, explaining what it is, where it is found, and its different types; discussing salt mining; and looking at the uses of salt and its role in history and nature.

Illustrations, sidebars, and maps tell the story of the history of salt, how it shaped ancient civilizations, and its influence on the world today.