{"product_id":"cod-by-mark-kurlansky","title":"'Cod' by Mark Kurlansky","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"1177\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"836\"\u003eCod\u003c\/em\u003e tells the unlikely history of a single fish and its outsized influence on the modern world.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"831\" data-end=\"1177\"\u003eFor centuries, Atlantic cod shaped trade routes, fuelled empires, and fed working populations across Europe and North America. Mark Kurlansky traces how this one species quietly underpinned exploration, colonisation, and the global fishing economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1514\"\u003eBlending environmental history, maritime culture, and food writing, the book moves between Viking voyages, Basque fishermen, New England ports, and the eventual collapse of cod fisheries in the twentieth century. Along the way, Kurlansky shows how something as ordinary as a fish can reveal the hidden infrastructure of global history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1516\" data-end=\"1663\"\u003ePublished in the 90's, \u003cem data-start=\"1576\" data-end=\"1581\"\u003eCod\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of the most readable and influential works of narrative food writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174250901587,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/ScholarsCreatingDigitalMapsofSpinoza_sEthics-2026-03-08T143631.204.png?v=1772941008","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/cod-by-mark-kurlansky","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}