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Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West

by William Cronon

ISBN13: 9780393308730
ISBN10: 0393308731
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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.

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Awarded the 1992 Bancroft Prize and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Award for Best Nonfiction Book of 1991.

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William Cronon is Frederick Jackson Turner Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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ISBN:: 9780393308730
Subtitle:: Chicago and the Great West
Author:: Cronon, William
Compiled:: Cram 101
Author:: Cronon
Author:: Cronon, William
Author:: Cram 101
Author:: Cram101 Textbook Reviews
Author:: Cram101 Textbook Reviews, Textbook Revie
Publisher:: W. W. Norton & Company
Location:: New York :
Subject:: Nature
Subject:: History
Subject:: United states
Subject:: United States - State & Local
Subject:: Chicago
Subject:: Chicago (Ill.)
Subject:: United States - 19th Century/Gilded Age
Subject:: United States - State & Local - General
Subject:: Book Notes
Subject:: Chicago (Ill.) Description and travel.
Subject:: Chicago (Ill.) Historical geography.
Subject:: Americana-General
Edition Description:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series:: Cram101 Textbook Outlines
Series Volume:: 6977
Publication Date:: 19920517
Binding:: Electronic book text in proprietary or open standard format
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 592
Dimensions:: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.5 in 1.805 lb

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