The Salt Roads: How Fish Made a Culture Goodlad John
The Salt Roads: How Fish Made a Culture Goodlad John The salt fish industry powered the economy of Shetland for more than two hundred years, and herring and cod from here was a staple food throughout…
Specifikacia The Salt Roads: How Fish Made a Culture Goodlad John
The Salt Roads: How Fish Made a Culture Goodlad John
The salt fish industry powered the economy of Shetland for more than two hundred years, and herring and cod from here was a staple food throughout Europe.This book tells the extraordinary story of Shetland's most enduring export. Their work is effortlessly woven into the book, presenting the salt fish trade through a different lens. It ranges from the wild waters of the North Atlantic and the remote ice filled fjords of west Greenland to the Basque country, from the fishing grounds of Iceland to the Jewish shtetls of Poland and from the mountains of Faroe to the flat coastline of the Netherlands.In addition to the economy, fishing has permeated the culture of Europe and has inspired artists, musicians, film makers and writers.
As well as following the historical thread and exploring how very different cultures were drawn together by the salt fish trade, John Goodlad
How England Made the English
How to Think Like a Fish