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Late Tradition, Early Modernity

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Salt and Civilization

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In salt, as in other things, the period 1500 to 1800 looked both ways: back to tradition and forward to modernity. On the one hand, a whole premodern ecology, elaborated, developed and refined from antiquity, reached maturity and won its last triumphs. On the other hand, there appeared the shoots of a new ecology which were already providing the firstfruits of a different harvest. In production, controlled solar evaporation extended its by now ancient empire, but coal and natural gas also expanded their newer kingdoms. In distribution, the sailing ship remained dominant and reached new technical perfections, but it now sailed regularly on the ocean as well as seas, rivers and canals. In consumption, alimentary demand retained its primacy, but diet patterns were changing and a fresh market opened with the first stirrings of industrial chemistry.

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Adshead, S.A.M. (1992). Late Tradition, Early Modernity. In: Salt and Civilization. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21841-7_5

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