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Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West

Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West

by William Cronon
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About this book

In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago America's most dynamic city and the Great West its hinterland, Mr. Cronon opens a new window onto our national past. This is the story of city and country becoming ever more tightly bound in a system so powerful that it reshaped the American landscape and transformed American culture. The world that emerged is our own. Winner of the Chicago TribuneHeartland Prize

Book Details

ISBN13 9780393308730
ISBN10 0393308731
Series/Work OL4472643W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher W. W. Norton Company
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

977.3/11 Chicago board of trade. Chicago (ill.), description and travel Chicago (ill.), history Description and travel Descriptions et voyages Effect of human beings on F548.4 .c85 1991 Geografía histórica Géographie historique Geschichte Histoire Historia Historical geography History Hombre Homme Human beings Influence on nature Influence sur la nature

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