Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West / William Cronon.

Main entry:

Cronon, William, author. aut

Title & Author:

Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West / William Cronon.

Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 1992.

Description:

xxv, 530 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

Norton paperback

Notes:
Originally published as hbk.: ©1991.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-503) and index.
Maps and graphs -- Preface -- Prologue: cloud over Chicago -- Part I. To be the central city: -- 1. Dreaming the metropolis -- 2. Rails and water -- Part II. Nature to market -- 3. Pricing the future: grain -- 4. The wealth of nature: lumber -- 5. Annihilating space: meat -- Part III. The geography of capital: 6. Gateway city -- 7. The busy hive -- 8. White city pilgrimage -- Epilogue: Where we were driving -- Appendix: Methodological note on the bankruptcy maps.

Summary:

"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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ISBN:

0393308731 (pbk.)
9780393308730 (pbk.)
0393029212
9780393029215

Subject:

Nature Effect of human beings on Illinois Chicago History 19th century.
Êtres humains Influence sur la nature Illinois Chicago Histoire 19e siècle.
Historical geography
Nature Effect of human beings on
Travel
Geschichte
Land
Stadt
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Chicago (Ill.) Description and travel.
Chicago (Ill.) Historical geography.
Chicago (Ill.) Descriptions et voyages.
Chicago (Ill.) Géographie historique.
Illinois Chicago
Chicago, Ill.
7.150.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Norton paperback.

Chicago and the Great West

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293635
Call No.: BIB 238747
Status: Available

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