Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West / William Cronon.
Material type: TextSeries: Norton paperbackPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, 1992.Description: xxv, 530 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0393308731
- 9780393308730
- 0393029212
- 9780393029215
- Chicago and the Great West
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Description and travel
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Historical geography
- Homme -- Influence sur la nature -- Illinois -- Chicago -- histoire -- 19e siècle
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Descriptions et voyages
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Géographie historique
- Historical geography
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Travel
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Geschichte
- Land
- Stadt
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Chicago, Ill
- 7.150
- Chicago <Ill.>
- 1800-1899
- Chicago (Ill.) Description and travel
- Chicago (Ill.) Historical geography
- Geschichte
- Nature Effect of human beings on Illinois Chicago History 19th century
- 977.3/11 20
- F548.4 .C85 1992
- 15.85
- 15.87
- HD 475
- NR 8925
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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BOOK | Harrison Memorial Library NONFICTION | Adult Nonfiction | 977.3 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31624003924685 |
Originally published as hbk.: ©1991.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-503) and index.
1. Dreaming the metropolis -- 2. Rails and water -- 3. Pricing the future: grain -- 4. The wealth of nature: lumber -- 5. Annihilating space: meat -- 6. Gateway city -- 7. The busy hive -- 8. White city pilgrimage.
"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"--Page 4 of cover.
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