Consisting of a series of case studies, this book is devoted to the concept and uses of salt in early modern science, which have played a crucial role in the evolution of matter theory from Aristotelian concepts of the elements to Newtonian chymistry. No reliable study on this subject has been previously available. Its exploration of natural history's and medicine's intersection with chemical investigation in early modern England demonstrates the growing importance of the senses and experience as causes of intellectual change from 1650-1750. It demonstrates that an understanding of the changing definitions of "salt" is also crucial to a historical comprehension of the transition between alchemy and chemistry.

On October 1, 1949, a rural-based insurgency demolished the Nationalist government of Chiang-kai Shek and brought the Chinese Communists to national power. How did the Chinese Communists gain their mandate to rule the countryside? In this pathbreaking study, Ralph A. Thaxton, Jr., provides a fresh and strikingly original interpretation of the political and economic origins of the October revolution. Salt of the Earth is based on direct interviews with the village people whose individual and collective protest activities helped shape the nature and course of the Chinese revolution in the deep countryside. Focusing on the Party's relationship with locally esteemed non-Communist leaders, the author shows that the Party's role is best understood in terms of its intimate connections with local collective activism and with existing modes of local protest, both of which were the product of rural people acting on their own grievances, interests, and goals. The author's collection and use of oral histories—from the last remaining eyewitnesses—and written corroborative materials is a remarkable achievement; his new interpretation of why China's rural people supported and joined the Communists in their quest for state power is dramatically different from what has come before. This book will stimulate debates on the genesis of popular mobilization and the growth of insurgency for decades to come. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1997.

Salt of the Earth: How Do We Compare? is an exposition on the words of Jesus to His disciples, “You are the salt of the earth...” (Matthew 5:13) Throughout this book, the natural properties of salt (mechanical and chemical) and its uses in food and medicine are correlated to the spiritual realm through scriptural truths. This is the first published book in a series of revelations given to the author in her lifelong quest to “learn of Jesus,” as instructed in Matthew 11:29 and Romans 1:20—“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen being understood through what has been made....” In an effort to create understanding of what has been made, Jacobs shows how the properties of salt can be synonymous with the spirituality of God and His kingdom. How is salt formed geologically and how does that relate to the formation of a Christian? How do the characteristics of Christians compare to the natural properties of salt in terms of crystalline structure, tenacity, color, luster, specific gravity, hardness, taste, cleavage, fluorescence and translucency? If we claim to be disciples of Christ, how do we measure up in terms of these mechanical properties and certain chemical characteristics, such as an electrical conductor, as an enhancer of food products, and as medicine in healing certain types of problems in the body, which are correlated to the problems in the “body of society?”

Salt is a predominant compound for humankind and the earth preserves an important source of this element of life. This book reviews this multi-disciplinary issue in which geoscientists, historians, agriculturalists, medical doctors, and general scientists have been interested in its nature. The authors have provided contributions on the origin and history of salt, intrusion with freshwater effect, its usability as a material, and its role in life. The safety of groundwater resources should be a priority for humanity. Contribution on this important topic is provided by geophysical investigations to characterize saltwater intrusions in aquifers. This book also presents a general overview on salt intake and its role in food and human health. Methods of salt recovery and surface salination as well as its usage in the environment will provide new aspects in earth science.

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