| Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cronon, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393308731 ISBN-13: 9780393308730 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1992 Annotation: In this groundbreaking work, a Yale University professor of history gives an environmental perspective on the history of 19th-century America. "No one has written about Chicago with more power, clarity, and intelligence than Cronon. Indeed, no one has ever written a better book about a city".--Boston Globe. Photographs and maps. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - History | United States - 19th Century - History | Historical Geography |
| Dewey: 977.3 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6.08" W x 9.36" (1.82 lbs) 592 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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| Publisher Description: 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 Tribune Heartland Prize |
Contributor Bio(s): Cronon, William: - William Cronon is Frederick Jackson Turner Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. |