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Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West
Nature's Metropolis Chicago and the Great West Author:William Cronon 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 ... more »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.« less